Former lawmaker of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Nazim Uddin Ahmed passed away at his Banani residence in Dhaka early Tuesday. He was 70.
Nazim Uddin Ahmed breathed his last at about 12:00am, family sources said.
Due to his death, condolence poured among the leaders of BNP and its front organisations of his own constituency.
The ailing leader was seen to attend a meeting arranged by the Lakshmipur district BNP at the district outer stadium ground on February 20.
Nazim Uddin, also a member of BNP national executive committee, was elected BNP lawmaker for two times from Lakshmipur-1 constituency.
He was elected a member of parliament in the sixth national parliament elections in 1996 as an independent candidate. Later, he was elected MP by BNP鈥檚 nomination in the ninth national parliament polls in 2008.
Nazim Uddin was born in 1955 in a Muslim family at Vadhur Mia village of Ramganj upazila under Lakshmipur district. He was a former president of Ramganj upazila BNP.
He was survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.
The noted BNP leader was suffering from various ailments, including diabetic, family sources added.
BNP joint general secretary and Lakshmipur district BNP convener Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anne expressed deep shock at the death of veteran lawmaker Nazim Uddin.
