Dhaka, Dec 3 (bdnews24.com) — A US university teacher, who is the son of Awami League MP Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, has drowned in sea while holidaying in Thailand.
Jalal Alamgir, a 40-year old associate professor of political science at Boston University, had been on a one-year sabbatical and based in Bangladesh. He was working on a book.
Jalal's cousin Dhaka University professor Muntasir Mamun told bdnews24.com that the Awami League presidium member's son went to Bangkok with his wife on Dec 2.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed grave sorrow at the news of Jalal's death.
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