DHAKA, April 5, 2020 (BSS) – Md Sirajul Islam, former two-time member of
parliament (MP) from Moulvibazar-1 constituency and Moulvibazar’s Barlekha
upazila Awami League former president, today died of coronavirus disease
(Covid-19) in New York.
He was 75.
He breathed his last at 6pm (local time) at Elmhurst Hospital in New York,
said a press release of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change here.
Islam is survived by his wife, a son and four daughters.
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin expressed
profound shock and sorrow at the death of Islam, who was one of the
organizers of Liberation War.
He prayed for eternal peace of departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to
bereaved family.