Former minister and founder of the newly registered Trinamool BNP Barrister Nazmul Huda has passed away. He was 80.
He breathed his last at Square Hospitals Limited in the capital at 10pm on Sunday.
His personal assistant and Trinamool BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Akkas Khan confirmed the death to Jago News.
Born on January 6, 1943, Nazmul Huda served as the information minister between 1991 and 1996 and the communications minister between 2001 and 2006.
He was elected lawmaker four times representing the Dhaka-1 constituency.
He was a member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party from its inception until 2012 when he left the BNP as its vice chairman.
Nazmul Huda started his political career with JaGoDal, a party founded by late president Ziaur Rahman in 1977. He became the founding member of the BNP.
After leaving the BNP in June 2012, he formed his own party Bangladesh Nationalist Front.
He was ousted by one of the party senior leaders after a few months and then he formed Bangladesh National Alliance in May 2014 and Bangladesh Manabadhikar Party in November the same year.
On November 20, 2015, Nazmul Huda formed his new political party named Trinamool BNP.