Former MP and BNP Executive Committee member Nadim Mostafa passed away in a hospital in the capital on Sunday. He was 62.
Nadim breathed his last around 11 am at United Hospital, said BNP media cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan.
He suffered a heart attack in the morning and was immediately taken to United Hospital.
The BNP leader is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter, and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.
Upon hearing the news of Nadim’s demise, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir visited the hospital and spoke with the bereaved family members.
In separate condolence messages, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed deep shock over Nadim’s death.
Meanwhile, his body was taken to the BNP’s Nayapaltan central office in the afternoon, enabling party leaders and activists to have a last glimpse of their late leader.
Party senior leaders placed wreaths on his coffin and draped it with a party flag as a mark of respect for him.
Later, party leaders and workers joined a namaz-e-janaz for Nadim there and offered a munajat seeking the salvation of his departed soul.
Party sources said Nadim’s body is being taken to Rajshahi where he will be buried at Hetekha Graveyard in the city after Zuhr prayers on Monday following three janazas at Durgapur, Puthia, and at the Eidgah Ground.
Nadim, a close associate of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, was elected MP from the Rajshahi-4 seat as a BNP candidate in 1996 and 2001.
He previously served as the BNP’s Special Secretary and General Secretary of the party’s Rajshahi city and district units.