Latest News:  

English>>World

Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman dies of illness in Singapore hospital

(Xinhua)

20:45, March 20, 2013

DHAKA, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman died Wednesday at a Singapore hospital.

Mohammad Shafiul Alam, a secretary with the presidential office, confirmed the news to Xinhua, saying "the ailing president breathed his last at 4:47 p.m. (Bangladesh time) at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore."

Rahman was flown to Singapore on March 10 night by an air ambulance and admitted to the Mount Elizabeth Hospital the following morning.

He was earlier admitted to Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka cantonment as he complained of respiratory complications.

The 84-year-old veteran politician was installed as the ceremonial head of the state in 2009 after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Bangladesh Awami League party was elected in the landmark December 2008 general elections.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Leader of the Opposition in the parliament Begum Khaleda Zia and Speaker Abdul Hamid expressed deep shock at the death of Rahman, the 19th president of the South Asian country.

We recommend:

Animals enjoy sunshine in Hannover zoo, Germany

Mass marriage ceremony held in Karachi,Pakistan

Late winter snowstorm hits New York

Flood continues hitting Indonesia's Jakarta

Thousands march with coffin to pay tribute to Chavez

83rd Geneva Int'l Motor Show opens


Email|Print|Comments(Editor:Yan Meng、Wang Jinxue)

Leave your comment0 comments

  1. Name

  

Selections for you


  1. Terrorist attack cracked

  2. Radar station of East China Sea Fleet

  3. Graduation ceremony of police academy

  4. Cheap chopsticks may be toxic, expert says

  5. Cute dolphins nursed and trained in HK

  6. Apiarists busy with keeping bees

  7. Tang Wei: She's no Barbie

  8. A unique feat of Sichuan opera

  9. Microsoft launches online store on Tmall

  10. Train tickets may cost more than air travel

Most Popular

Opinions

  1. Commentary: To pivot to Asia or peace?
  2. Lavish behavior punished
  3. Migration part of global development
  4. CCTV in hot water after corporate exposé backfires
  5. Cultural parks no substitute for talent
  6. Planning vital to diplomacy
  7. Loopholes for rich make estate tax meaningless
  8. How to start transformation and upgrading?
  9. Bigger does not always mean better for megacities
  10. Railway ministry revamp will not impact ratings

What’s happening in China

Central China tornado kills 3
Injuries rises to 52

  1. Residents brace for another cold spell
  2. Recycled water flows to south Beijing
  3. Official turns big profit on graveyard
  4. Health service hotline operational in 26 provinces
  5. Police crack major car theft network