Ex-BNP MP Shamsul Alam passes away

Former BNP lawmaker Shamsul Alam Pramanik died at a hospital in Rajshahi early yesterday.

He was 70.

Alam, a three-time MP from Naogaon-4 (Manda) constituency, breathed his last at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital around 4:40am, said Anisar Alam, younger brother of the BNP leader.

The ex-MP, also an executive member of the BNP Central Committee, had been suffering from various diseases including diabetics, heart disease and kidney-related complications.

He was taken to Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital on Sunday after he fell sick.

He was elected the chairman of Manda Upazila Parishad in 1985.