Ershad passes away
The former president breathed his last at 7.45am at the Combined Military Hospital.
File photo of Hm Ershad/Reuters
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad is no more.
The former president breathed his last at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka at 7.45am Sunday.
Jatiya Party Presidium Member Major (retd) Khaled Akhter said that his namaz-e-janaza will be held after Zuhr prayer at Army Central Mosque in Dhaka today.
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His body will be taken to Rangpur on Tuesday.
Later, he might be buried at Army Graveyard in Dhaka, he added.
The 89-year-old former military ruler had been suffering from various old age complications, including low haemoglobin and liver problem, high bilirubin and serious knee pain.
