BNP Vice Chairman and former minister Abdullah Al Noman has passed away.
He breathed his last at around 6am this morning (25 February) at a Dhaka hospital, reports Prothom Alo, quoting the BNP Chairperson's Media Cell.
Shairul Kabir, a member of the BNP's Media Cell said Abdullah Al Noman suddenly fell ill at his residence in the capital's Dhanmondi early this morning.
He was quickly taken to Square Hospital, where the doctor on duty declared him dead. Decisions regarding his funeral and burial will be made by the party.
Abdullah Al Noman was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at a BNP rally today in Chattogram. The rally has been postponed following his death.
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have mourned the death of Noman.
