Shah Muhammad Abul Hussain, former state minister for Finance and Planning and BNP leader, died at a hospital on Monday. He was 85.

Abul Hussain, also a former vice-president of Barishal North unit BNP, breathed his last at Evercare Hospital at 11 am, said BNP’s media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.

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The BNP leader was survived by his wife, one son, a daughter and grandchildren to mourn his death.

He will be buried at Banani Graveyard following a namaz-e-janaza at Gulshan Azad Mosque after Maghrib prayer.