BNP leader MK Anwar passes away

BNP Standing Committee Member MK Anwar passed away at his residence in Dhaka early today.

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He breathed his last around 1:30am at his residence on Elephant Road. He was 86, Sairul Kabir Khan, a staff of BNP chairperson's media wing, told The Daily Star this morning.

The veteran BNP leader left behind his two sons and a daughter to mourn his death.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed deep condolence at the death of MK Anwar.

The first namaj-e-janaza of the BNP leader will be held at Kataban Mosque at 10:00am while the second will be at 12noon at BNP’s Nayapaltan headquarters and the third at 1:30pm at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, BNP sources said.

Source: The Daily Star