Sadeque Hossain Khoka, 67, also a valiant freedom fighter, breathed his last around 1:50 pm (Bangladesh time)
He was a formar minister of Bangladesh. He had gone to the US in May, 2014 for treatment. He is survived by his wife Ismat Ara, two sons and a daughter.
BNP (Bangladesh National Party) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will decide on the party's attempt to bring the body back, once he return from Jeshore.
BNP acting chairman Tareque Rahman and secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in separate statements, have condoled the death of Khoka and extended their sympathies to the member of the bereaved family.
The minister has expressed his deep condolences over the demise of the 67 years old Khoka, a formar Dhaka mayor. " I am deeply suddended by his death and pray for the eternal peace of the departed soul."
Information Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud and who is also Awami League publicity and publication Secretary, Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam and Dhaka SSouth City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon have expressed their deep condolances at the demise of the 67 years old politician and a former Dhaka Mayor.
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader also expressed his deep shock at the death of former Dhaka Mayor.
Khoka stepped into politics through Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani's National Awami Party. Later, he joined BNP and was made party's Dhaka Metropolitan unit President.
Khoka was first elected MP in 1991 from Sutrapur-Kotwali seat and was subsequeently made State Minister for youth and sports. He was elected MP from the same seat in 2001 and given the charge of the Ministry of the Fisheries and Livestock.
He contested Dhaka City Corporation election in 2002 and was elected mayor. He held the post for nearly nine years.
He was arrested days before the January 5 national election in 2014. Released on the bail from jail, he was admitted to BIRDEM Hospital. Later, he went to the US on May 14, 2014, and had been receiving treatment there since then.
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