The body of Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali who died in a Singapore hospital on Monday was brought home yesterday night.
A flight of Singapore Airlines carrying the body of the late minister landed at Shahjalal International Airport in the capital around 10:50pm, said Social Welfare Ministry Public Relations Officer Maidul Islam.
“Later, the body will be taken to his Minto Road official residence in the capital,” he said from the airport.
The body will be kept at the Central Shaheed Minar from 8am to 9am today so that people can pay their last respects to him.
The first namaz-e-janaza of Syed Mohsin Ali will be held at 10am today at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. President Abdul Hamid is expected to join the janaza.
His body will be flown to Moulvibazar by a helicopter at noon and his last namaz-e-janaza will be held at Moulvibazar Government High School ground around 4pm. Syed Mohsin Ali will be buried at Shah Mostafa Mazar at Darjirmahal by the graves of his parents.
Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali, who was undergoing treatment at Singapore General Hospital, died on Monday morning at the age of 67.