{"id":49724,"date":"2020-06-14T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=49724"},"modified":"2020-06-14T12:01:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T11:01:12","slug":"state-minister-for-religious-affairs-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/state-minister-for-religious-affairs-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"State Minister for Religious Affairs dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-49725\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Abdullah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Abdullah.jpg 700w, https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Abdullah-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Abdullah-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/>State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Md Abdullah died at a Dhaka hospital on Saturday night, minutes after he was taken there. \u201cHe passed away at 11:45pm at the CMH after suffering a heart attack,\u201d his personal secretary Khandkar Yasir Arefin told UNB. He said the state minister had been suffering from various ailments, including diabetes.<br \/>\nNazmul Haque Saikat, assistant private secretary to the state minister, said Sheikh Md Abdullah fell sick around 10:30pm at his residence.<br \/>\nHe was admitted to Dhaka Combined Military Hospital immediately where he breathed his last.<br \/>\nReligious Affairs Ministry Secretary Nurul Islam said he was admitted to Dhaka CMH with chest pain.<br \/>\nLater, he died after suffering a cardiac arrest while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital, he added.<br \/>\nAbdullah, a central leader of the Ruling Awami League, had been serving as a technocrat state minister.<br \/>\nHe was born at Kekania village of Gopalganj on September 8, 1945.<br \/>\nAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader expressed deep shock and sorrow at his death and prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul. <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>-UNB<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/state-minister-for-religious-affairs-dies\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Md Abdullah died at a Dhaka hospital on Saturday night, minutes after he was taken there. \u201cHe passed away at 11:45pm at the CMH after suffering a heart attack,\u201d his personal secretary Khandkar Yasir Arefin told UNB. 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