Former MP Salahuddin laid to rest 

Former BNP lawmaker and the party’s commerce affairs secretary Salahuddin Ahmed was laid to rest beside his father’s grave in the Jurain Graveyard of Dhaka on Wednesday following three funeral prayers.

His first namaz-e-janaza was held at the South Plaza of the National Parliament House at around 11am.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Deputy Speaker Kaiser Kamal, Chief Whip Nurul Islam and other cabinet members, lawmakers and political leaders attended the prayer.

Before the janaza prayers, Major General ASM Bahauddin, military secretary to President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, placed a wreath on the coffin on behalf of the president.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman also placed a wreath and stood silently for a while to pay his last respects to the former lawmaker. A special munajat was offered after the first janaza, seeking salvation for the departed soul.

The second janaza was held in front of the BNP’s central office in Naya Paltan at 1:30pm. The third was scheduled for 3:00pm at Lal Mosque in Shyampur, after which he was to be buried beside his father at Jurain Graveyard.