DHAKA, Feb 6, 2023 (BSS) - Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of valiant freedom fighter, lawmaker and Chattogram south district AL president Moslem Uddin Ahmed. 
 
In a condolence message, Quader prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family members. 
 
Moslem Uddin Ahmed passed away at a hospital in the capital early today at the age of 75.

"Chattogram-8 constituency lawmaker Ahmed breathed his last at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka around 12:30 am," his nephew Lokman Chowdhury told BSS. 

The elderly AL politician had been suffering from cancer and other diseases for the last two years, he said.

Ahmed is survived by wife, four daughters, a host of relatives, friends, well-wishers and political fellows.