Ex-UP member Moniruzzaman passes away

Sheikh Moniruzzaman, a former union parishad member of Bagerhat, passed away at a hospital in Khulna yesterday. He was 70.

He left behind his wife, a son and three daughters. His son Sharifuzzaman Pintu is the news editor of Bangla daily Prothom Alo.

After a namaz-e-janaza, Moniruzzaman was buried at his family graveyard in Satshoiya village under Fakirhat Sadar upazila of the district, said a press release.

A doa mahfil will be held today after the Zohr prayers at his village home.