Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's former Ameer Makbul Ahmed died at Ibn Sina Medical College Hospital in the capital on Tuesday afternoon.
Seriously ill Makbul breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The party's current Ameer Dr Shafiqul Islam confirmed the matter of death at his official Facebook page.
Dr Shafiqur expressed his deep sorrow at the death of the former Ameer and sought pardon for his departed soul.
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