Former speaker and BNP stalwart Barrister Jamir Uddin Sircar dies at 94

“Sir has left us,” says Mahbub Uddin Khokan, Supreme Court Bar Association president

Veteran politician and former speaker of parliament Barrister Jamir Uddin Sircar has died. He was 94.

“Sir has left us,” said Mahbub Uddin Khokan, Supreme Court Bar Association president. “He was at a hospital receiving treatment and passed away in the morning,” he told bdnews24.com.

“He had been suffering from various age-related complications for a long time.”

Born on Dec 1, 1931, Barrister Sircar served as a state minister under president Ziaur Rahman and later as a cabinet minister in Khaleda Zia’s government.