Former president and veteran politician Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, who passed away at a hospital in the capital early Saturday, will be buried at his family graveyard at Majidpur Dayhata in Munshiganj on Sunday.
The information was provided by his press secretary Jahangir Alam on Saturday.
His first namaz-e-janaza was held at Uttara Women's Medical College and Hospital premises at 8am on Saturday. The second janaza will be held at Baitul Atik Jame Mosque at Baridhara on Road 8 after Zuhr prayers, the third one at Munshiganj stadium at 10am on Sunday and the fourth one at his village home Majidpur Dayhata after Zuhr prayers.
B Chowdhury entered politics at the request of former President Ziaur Rahman in 1978. He was first elected as a Member of Parliament from Srinagar, Munshiganj, in 1979 and served as a cabinet minister.
He was re-elected as a Member of Parliament in 1991 and initially served as Minister of Education and later as Deputy Leader of Parliament. In 1996, he served as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Parliament. He was re-elected as a Member of Parliament in 2001 and served as the Foreign Affairs Minister of the BNP government from October to November of that year.
Professor Badruddoza Chowdhury was elected President of Bangladesh on November 14, 2001. He resigned from the presidency on June 21, 2002.
On May 8, 2004, B Chowdhury founded a political party named Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh. He was serving as the party's president.
