The funeral prayer of former acting president, ex-speaker of the National Parliament, and BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar was held at the tunnel of the National Parliament building on Sunday after Asr prayers. Following the prayer, he was scheduled to be buried within the Parliament premises. The President’s representative and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman paid their respects after the ceremony.
The funeral was attended by Speaker (retired) Hafiz Uddin, Deputy Speaker Barrister Kaiser Kamal, Opposition Leader, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, and several ministers including Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Salauddin Ahmed, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, and Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. Senior BNP leaders Dr. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Moin Khan, and Gayeshwar Chandra Roy were also present. Earlier, his first funeral prayer was held at Dhanmondi’s Takwa Mosque, while another planned at the Supreme Court premises was canceled due to bad weather.
Barrister Sircar passed away at 4:18 a.m. Sunday at a specialized hospital in Dhaka at the age of 94. He served five terms as a Member of Parliament and held several ministerial positions under former presidents Ziaur Rahman, Abdus Sattar, and former prime minister Khaleda Zia.
স্টাফ রিপোর্টার প্রকাশ : ১২ জুলাই ২০২৬, ১৭: ৫৭আপডেট : ১২ জুলাই ২০২৬, ১৮: ০৬ সাবেক ভারপ্রাপ্ত রাষ্ট্রপতি, জাতীয় সংসদের সাবেক স্পিকার এবং বিএনপির জাতীয় স্থায়ী কমিটির সদস্য, বর্ষীয়ান রাজনীতিবিদ ব্যারিস্টার জমির উদ্দিন সরকারের জানাজা জাতীয় সংসদ ভবনের টান
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