Brahmanbaria Zila Parishad chairman Al Mamun dies

Brahmanbaria Zila Parishad chairman and district Awami League (AL) general secretary Al Mamun Sarker has passed away. He was 65.

Al Mamun, also a freedom fighter, breathed his last in his sleep around 8:30pm on Monday at his father-in-law’s house in the district’s Baganbari area.

Golam Mohiuddin Khokon, Brahmanbaria district AL Joint Secretary, confirmed the death to Jago News.

He said Al Mamun had been suffering from different diseases including heart disease. He will be buried following a namaz-e-janaza after Asr prayer.

Al Mamun was born at Aynadoba village under Sadekpur union in Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila in 1958. He took part in the Liberation War at the age of 17.