PM pays last respects to ex-state minister Mizanur Rahman Sinha

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today (17 May)
paid his last respects to former state minister for health and family welfare
Mizanur Rahman Sinha.
The prime minister placed a wreath at the coffin
of the deceased at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban around 11:30am.
Sinha's son, Tanvir Sinha, expressed gratitude
to the prime minister for honouring his father at the state level.
Earlier, the body of Mizanur Rahman Sinha, also
a former lawmaker, was brought to the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad
Bhaban and placed on a stage draped in black cloth.
His namaz-e-janaza was held there before the
tribute ceremony.
Mizanur Rahman Sinha died early yesterday (16
May) while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Singapore at the age of 83.
Mizanur Rahman Sinha was elected MP with BNP's
"Sheaf of Paddy" symbol in the 7th parliamentary election in 1996 and
again in the eighth parliamentary election in 2001.
He served as state minister for health and
family welfare in the cabinet of former prime minister Khaleda Zia after the
2001 election.
He also served as convener of Munshiganj
district BNP and treasurer of the party's central committee.
















