Bangladesh Former Minister Barrister Nazmul Huda passes away in a hospital in the capital Dhaka on Sunday evening (19 February) Barrister Nazmul Huda died at the age of 80, at about 10:45 pm at Square Hospital, his wife Sigma Huda said.
Nazmul Huda, born on January 6, 1943, served as the information minister between 1991 and 1996 and the communications minister between 2001 and 2006. He was elected lawmaker four times representing the Dhaka-1 constituency. He was a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from its inception until 2012 when he left the BNP as its vice chairman.
Nazmul Huda started his political career with JaGoDal, a party founded by late president Ziaur Rahman in 1977. He became the founding member of the BNP. After leaving the BNP in June 2012, he formed his own party Bangladesh Nationalist Front.
He was ousted by one of the party senior leaders after a few months and then he formed Bangladesh National Alliance in May 2014 and Bangladesh Manabadhikar Party in November the same year. In November 2015, Nazmul Huda formed his fifth political party named Trinamool BNP.
