Bangladesh President Mohammad Zillur Rahman, a close aide of the country’s founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, died on Wednesday at a Singapore hospital where he was being treated for kidney and respiratory problems, officials said.
He was 85. ‘He breathed his last at the Mount Elisabeth Hospital,’ a presidential spokesman said. Bangladesh ambassador to Singapore said doctors proclaimed him dead at 6.47pm (local time) when his only son, daughters and close relatives were present.
Rahman was admitted to the facility on 10 March as he was flown to Singapore by an air ambulance for critical lung infection.
Bangladeshi envoy in India Tariq A Karim has expressed his condolences at the passing of the president. According to the High Commission sources, the national flag of Bangladesh will be half-mast for three days and the embassy will stay open for the public to pay tributes to the late president.
He was 85. ‘He breathed his last at the Mount Elisabeth Hospital,’ a presidential spokesman said. Bangladesh ambassador to Singapore said doctors proclaimed him dead at 6.47pm (local time) when his only son, daughters and close relatives were present.
Rahman was admitted to the facility on 10 March as he was flown to Singapore by an air ambulance for critical lung infection.
Bangladeshi envoy in India Tariq A Karim has expressed his condolences at the passing of the president. According to the High Commission sources, the national flag of Bangladesh will be half-mast for three days and the embassy will stay open for the public to pay tributes to the late president.