Saifur Rahman's 8th anniversary of death today
Today is the eighth death anniversary of former finance minister and BNP founding member M Saifur Rahman.
He was the country's longest-serving finance minister. Born in Moulvibazar in 1932, he was elected four times to the parliament and delivered 12 national budgets. He took part in the 1952 Language Movement and was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2005.
Saifur died in a road accident in 2009 on route to Dhaka from his Moulvibazar village home.
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