Md Akabbar Hossain, the Awami League member of parliament from the Tangail-7 seat, has died at the age of 65.
He died while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon, according to his private secretary Iqbal Bin Matin.
Akabbar was the head of the parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges, reports bdnews24.com.
He was elected to parliament from the Tangail-7 seat for four consecutive terms.
Akabbar fell ill on Oct 19 and was taken to Dhanmondi’s Anwer Khan Modern Medical Hospital for treatment. He was later transferred to the CMH.
