House passes obituary motion

The House on the first day of its 15th session yesterday unanimously adopted an obituary motion on the death of Awami League lawmaker from Chittagong and the party presidium member Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu.
The lawmaker passed away due to kidney failure in Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital on November 4 at the age of 71.
Speaking in parliament, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also president of ruling AL, said AL and the country suffered an irreparable loss at the death of Akhtaruzzaman, one of the 1971 Liberation War's organisers.
She said Akhtaruzzaman immensely contributed to the party's welfare, especially after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's assassination in 1975 when the party was going through hard times.
“Babu bhai (Akhtaruzzaman) also helped many of our leaders who were staying abroad during the 1/11 period with money,” she added.
A total of 16 MPs also reminisced about Akhtaruzzaman's role as one of the prime organisers of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendro at Kalurghat in Chittagong during the 1971 Liberation War.
The House also passed obituary motions on seven former MPs and six eminent personalities who died since the prorogation of the parliament's 14th session.