AKM Maidul Islam, a Jatiya Party MP from Kurigram-3 constituency and also a former minister, died at a city hospital on Thursday night. He was 76.
The Kurigram MP, who had been suffering from lung complications, breathed his last around 11:30pm at the United Hospital in Dhaka said Shafiqul Islam Dara, general secretary of Ulipur upazila unit Jatiya Party.
Maidul is survived by two daughters and one son, according to a UNB report.
The former minister was admitted to the hospital on April 17 with complications in lung. Later, he was put on life support following deterioration of his physical condition.
On Thursday night, doctors removed the life support with the consent of his family.
His namaz-e-janaza will be held on Saturday at Ulipur in Kurigram and he will be buried at Banani Graveyard in Dhaka on that day.
Maidul Islam was elected MP from Jatiya Party in 2008 and 2014 and made minister twice.