Ex-BNP lawmaker Nadim Mostafa dies

Former MP and BNP Executive Committee member Nadim Mostafa passed away in a hospital in the capital on Sunday, reports UNB. He was 58.

Nadim breathed his last around 11 am at United Hospital, said BNP media cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan.

He suffered a heart attack in the morning and was immediately taken to United Hospital.

The BNP leader is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter, and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.

Upon hearing the news of Nadim’s demise, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir visited the hospital and spoke with the bereaved family members.

Nadim, a close associate of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, was elected MP from the Rajshahi-4 seat as a BNP candidate in 1996 and 2001.

He previously served as the BNP’s Special Secretary and General Secretary of the party’s Rajshahi city and district units.