The namaz-e-janaza of former state minister for health and convener of Munshiganj district BNP Mizanur Rahman Sinha was held on Monday in front of the BNP central office at Nayapaltan in the capital.

The namaz-e-janaza  was held around 10am where BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and several central leaders of the party joined.

Before the janaza, BNP leaders highlighted Sinha’s political and personal contributions.

Rizvi said Mizanur Rahman Sinha was greatly needed for building a “new Bangladesh.”

“He worked throughout his life for the welfare of the country and its people. People will remember him forever for his contributions to social development and the country’s economy,” he said.

Special prayers were offered seeking eternal peace for the departed soul and blessings were sought from the country’s people.

Mizanur Rahman Sinha, also managing director of pharmaceutical company Acme Laboratories Ltd, died on Friday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Singapore. He was 83.

Born on August 18, 1943, in Dohuri village under Kolma Union of Louhajang upazila in Munshiganj district, Sinha completed his graduation in Business Studies from the University of Dhaka and became involved in politics during his student life.

He was elected MP from Munshiganj constituency as a BNP candidate in the seventh parliamentary election in 1996 and again in the eighth parliamentary election in 2001.

Following the 2001 election, he served as state minister for health and family welfare in the cabinet of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.

Apart from serving as treasurer of BNP’s central executive committee he was also the convener of Munshiganj district BNP.

Sinha was also nominated by BNP for the 13th parliamentary election from the Munshiganj-2 (Louhajang-Tongibari) constituency. Later, after he fell ill, BNP Joint Secretary General Abdul Salam Azad was nominated in his place.