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Published : 03 Jun 2026, 09:46 AM
Awami League Advisory Council member, veteran freedom fighter, and former Dhaka member of parliament AKM Rahmatullah has died.
The stalwart in the party's Dhaka politics passed away around 3:45am on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at the capital's Square Hospital, where he had been receiving care for a long time.
Mizanur, an employee on the customer service line for Square Hospital, said: "AKM Rahmatullah died in the morning. His family members took him from the hospital in the morning."
Rahmatullah's nephew Faruk Hossain told bdnews24.com, "He died at 3:45am today. After receiving the news, we went to the hospital and brought his body to his residence in Badda’s Beraid."
Faruk also said the funeral will be held at the Beraid field at 4pm on Wednesday before Rahmatullah is buried at the Beraid graveyard.
The former MP was also the former president of the Dhaka Metropolitan North unit of the Awami League.
A five-time MP, Rahamatullah was first elected as the Dhaka-5 MP on the Awami League ticket in the third parliamentary election of 1986, and was also elected as the Dhaka-5 MP in the seventh national election in 1996.
In the 2008 election, he was elected as a member of parliament from the Dhaka-10 constituency on the Awami League ticket.
In the 10th general election of 2014, he was elected from the Dhaka-11 constituency unopposed.
Then, in the 11th parliamentary polls of 2018, he was elected as a member of parliament from the Dhaka-11 seat.
He had been serving as the member of parliament from the Dhaka-11 constituency until 2024.
On Apr 10, 2016, he was elected as the president of the Dhaka North unit of the Awami League.
