The second namaz-e-janaza of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad was held at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad at 10:45am on Monday.
President Md Abdul Hamid, Deputy Speaker Advocate Fajle Rabbi Miah, Chief Whip Nur-e-Alama Chowdhury, members of the parliament took part in the namaz-e-janaza.
His body will be taken to the party’s central office at Kakrail to allow Jatiya Party leaders and activists to pay their last respects. After Asr prayer, another janaza will be held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.
His body will be kept at the CMH mortuary. It will be flown to his home district Rangpur on Tuesday where his fourth janaza will be held after Zohr prayers at the zilla school grounds. He will be laid to rest at the Military Graveyard in Banani on the same day.
Ershad’s Qulkhwani will be held on Wednesday at Gulshan’s Azad mosque.
Ershad, a former military ruler, died on Sunday while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH). He was 89.
His first namaz-e-janaza was held at the Army Central Mosque after Zohr prayers on Sunday.