DHAKA, Oct 2, 2021 (BSS) - Jatiya Party (JaPa) Secretary General and former

lawmaker Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu passed away today at a city hospital at the age
of 66.

   Bablu, former minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism and general
secretary (GS) of DUCSU, breathed his last due to Covid-19 while undergoing
treatment at Bangladesh Specialized Hospital at 9:12am, JaPa presidium member
SM Faisal Chisti told BSS.

  Bablu was shifted to Bangladesh Specialized Hospital in Shyamoli as his
condition deteriorated after diagnosing him as Covid-19 positive on September
6 at a private hospital here, he added.

  The JaPa leader is survived by wife, a son and a host of relatives and well
wishers to mourn his death.

  His body will be taken to the party's central office at Kakrail at 1 pm to
let Jatiya Party leaders and activists to pay their last respects to him.

  His Namaz-e-Janaza will be held at a mosque in capital's Gulsan area after
Isha prayer today.

  Later, he will be buried at Martyrs Intellectuals Graveyard at Mirpur in
city.