Awami League lawmaker Mostafizur Rahman Fizar has passed away on Sunday night. He was 70.
Fizar, also former Minister for Primary and Mass Education and President of the Dinajpur District Awami League, breathed his last around 8pm at the LabAid Hospital in the capital, said Kamrul Huda, vice-president of the district Awami League.
He was undergoing cancer treatment for a long time.
Fizar left behind his wife, two daughters and a host of relatives and well wishers to mourn his death.
His first and second namaz-e-janaza will take place at Parbatipur Adarsha College ground at 10:30 am. Later the second namaz-e-janaza will hold at Phulbari Government College ground at 11:30 am.
His third namaz-e-janaza will take place at 12:00 pm at Rudrani Eidgaon Maidan.
Later, Fizar will be laid to rest in his family graveyard at Jamgram village after the Zuhr prayers.
Fizar was elected member of Jatiya Sangsad six consecutive times since 1986 from Dinajpur-5.
In the seventh parliament, he served as the chairman of the standing committee on disaster management and relief ministry.
