Parliament passed a vote of condolence on Sunday in response to the deaths of sixteen former ministers, state ministers, and members of parliament, including Tofail Ahmed, along with several well-known individuals.
Shortly after the current parliament's first budget session started at 3:00 pm, the House overwhelmingly approved the motion.
Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad made the proposal, which the House approved after a one-minute silence and a munajat led by Whip ABM Ashraf Uddin Nizan.
Those remembered include three former ministers: Tofail Ahmed (MP from Bhola-1), Engineer Mosharraf Hossain (Chattogram-1) and Barrister Shafique Ahmed (Technocrat Minister); and three former state ministers: Syed Md Kaisar (now defunct Sylhet-17), Prof. MA Mannan (Gazipur-2) and Mizanur Rahman Sinha (Munshiganj-2).
The remaining 10 are former MPs: GM Fazlul Haque (Chandpur-3), ABM Anwarul Haque (Manikganj-1), Md Shamsuddoha (Nilphamari-2), Abu Nur Mohammad Bahaul Haque (Narayanganj-3), Dewan Shamsul Abedin (Sunamganj-3), Golam Sarwar Milon (Manikganj-4), Moslem Uddin (Mymensingh-6), Dabirul Islam (Thakurgaon-2), Abdul Matin (Moulvibazar-2) and AKM Rahmat Ullah (Dhaka-11).
The House also mourned the death of noted personalities, including eminent educationalist Prof. Dilara Hafiz (Speaker Hafiz Uddin’s spouse), National Professor Sufia Ahmed, poet and journalist Helal Hafiz, cultural personality and President of Chhayanaut Sanjida Khatun, eminent historian and writer Badruddin Umar and Ramisa Akter, who was killed after rape.
Besides, parliament expressed grief over the loss of lives in different accidents at home and abroad.
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