Parliament adopts condolence motion on deaths of 16 ex-ministers, MPs

Parliament today (7 June) adopted a condolence motion,
expressing profound shock at the death of 16 former ministers, state ministers
and members of parliament, including Tofail Ahmed, as well as some noted
personalities.
The motion was unanimously adopted
in the House shortly after the first budget session of the current parliament
began at 3pm.
Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad moved the
motion, which was passed following observance of a one-minute silence and a
munajat conducted by Whip ABM Ashraf Uddin Nizan.
Those remembered include three former ministers – Tofail
Ahmed (MP from Bhola-1), Engineer Mosharraf Hossain (Chattogram-1) and
Barrister Shafique Ahmed (Technocrat Minister) – and three former state
ministers – Syed Md Kaisar (now defunct Sylhet-17), Prof MA Mannan (Gazipur-2)
and Mizanur Rahman Sinha (Munshiganj-2).
The remaining 10 are former MPs –
GM Fazlul Haque (Chandpur-3), ABM Anwarul Haque (Manikganj-1), Md Shamsuddoha
(Nilphamari-2), Abu Nur Mohammad Bahaul Haque (Narayanganj-3), Dewan Shamsul
Abedin (Sunamganj-3), Golam Sarwar Milon (Manikganj-4), Moslem Uddin
(Mymensingh-6), Dabirul Islam (Thakurgaon-2), Abdul Matin (Moulvibazar-2) and
AKM Rahmat Ullah (Dhaka-11).
The House also mourned the death of
noted personalities, including eminent educationalist Prof Dilara Hafiz
(Speaker Hafiz Uddin's spouse), National Professor Sufia Ahmed, poet and
journalist Helal Hafiz, cultural personality and President of Chhayanaut
Sanjida Khatun, eminent historian and writer Badruddin Umar and Ramisa Akter,
who was killed after rape.
Besides, parliament expressed grief
over the loss of lives in different accidents at home and abroad.















