Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has attended a milad and dua mahfil for the eminent nuclear scientist, and also her husband, Dr MA Wazed Miah, on Friday.
The munajat was also offered seeking eternal peace of the departed souls of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other martyrs of the August 15 carnage as well as continued peace, progress and prosperity of the nation.
The milad was held at Wazed Miah's residence Sudha Sadan on the occasion of the fifth death anniversary, reported BSS.
Hasina's younger sister Sheikh Rehana also attended the milad and doa mahfil.
Besides, Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, cabinet ministers, parliament members, central leaders of Bangladesh Awami League and its associate bodies, family members, relatives, well-wishers and neighbours of late Wazed Miah also joined the milad and doa mahfil.
Those who attended the milad and doa mahfil included State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid Bipu, former state minister Advocate Shamsul Hoque Tuku, Barrister Sheikh Fazley Noor Taposh, MP, AL's Religious Affairs Secretary Sheikh Md Abdullah, Office Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap, Jubo League Chairman Alhaj Omar Faruq Chowdhury, Aslamul Hoque, MP, and AL leader Sheikh Jewel.
