Prominent people mourn the death of Mohammad Nasim, burial on Sunday at Banani Cemetery

Former health minister and Bangladesh Awami League presidium member Mohammad Nasim will be buried at Banani Cemetery tomorrow (Sunday). Awami League office secretary Biplob Barua confirmed the matter to media.

It is learned that Tanmoy Mansoor, the eldest son of Mohammad Nasim, lives in The United States. He will leave for the country today. He will arrive on Sunday. Earlier this morning, Mohammad Nasim died at the Bangladesh Specialized Hospital in the capital. Hearing the news of the death, Awami League leaders and activists and ministers rushed to the hospital. Mohammad Nasim, who has a colorful political life, has been the Minister in charge of Health and Family Welfare, Home, Housing and Public Works and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in the Government of Bangladesh. He is survived by his wife and three children.

Mohammad Nasim. Former health minister and spokesman for the Awami League-led 14-party alliance. He was born on 2 April 1947 in Kazipur Upazila of Sirajganj district. Father M Mansur Ali. Who was one of the organizers of the liberation war of Bangladesh. He was also the Prime Minister in the cabinet of the post-independence Bangabandhu government. Mother Mosammat Amena Mansur.

Nasim holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Jagannath College (now Jagannath University). Nasim was an active member of the student movement in the sixties of the last century. After independence, he became a member of the presidium of the Juba League in 1993.

After the assassination of Bangabandhu, Baba Mansur Ali was also killed in jail. After that Nasim became active in Awami League. Then he also had to go to jail.

Nasim was elected the first Member of Parliament in 1986. He then became the Chief Whip of the Opposition in Parliament. At that time he was the publicity secretary of Awami League.

He was elected Member of Parliament in 1996 and 2001, 2014, and 2016.

After Sheikh Hasina formed the government in 1996, Nasim became the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications. In March next year, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also gave him the charge of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works.

Nasim served as a minister in two ministries simultaneously until March 10, 1999. Later, he was given the responsibility of the Home Minister in a cabinet reshuffle.

Although the Awami League returned to power after winning the 2008 elections, Nasim did not get a place in the service cabinet. However, Sheikh Hasina made him the health minister in the next term in 2014.

Besides politics, Nasim was involved in various social welfare activities. He has set up several educational institutions in his area including Dhaka and Sirajganj.

He had a colorful political life. As a child of a political family, he became involved in politics from his student days. Until the last day of his life, he was one of the members of the presidium of the ruling Awami League.