Ex AL MP Abidur Reza dead

Dhaka Sept 3 (BDNEWS)- Former Awami League lawmaker Abidur Reza Khan died Saturday morning in capital's Samarita Hospital after suffering prolonged illness. He was 78. Leader of the opposition in the parliament and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina rushed to deceased former MP's residence at Elephant Road to pay her last homage. Hasina also participated in doa and munajat there. Sheikh Hasina was accompanied by AL leaders Abdur Razzak MP, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Col Shawkat Ali MP, Momtaz Hossain, BM Mojammel Huq, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Mohammad Bacchu Mian, Enamul Huq Shamim, according to AL sources. Khan left four sons and a daughter. He was admitted into the Samarita Hospital on August 4. Khan was a senior lawyer and an advisor to Awami Ainjibi Parishad. BDNEWS/1615 hrs