National Parliament Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad Bir Bikram has expressed profound grief and sorrow over the death of former Member of Parliament and BNP Trade Affairs Secretary Salahuddin Ahmed.

In a condolence message issued on Tuesday (October 13), the speaker prayed for the eternal peace of the deceased’s soul and extended his deepest sympathies to the bereaved family.

The BNP central leader passed away at 8:10 pm on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital.

Salahuddin Ahmed was an influential political figure in the Shyampur-Kadamtali area of Dhaka. He was elected as a member of parliament from the Dhaka-4 constituency as a BNP candidate in the fifth national parliamentary election in 1991, the sixth election in February 1996, and the eighth election in 2001.

Until his death, he served as the BNP’s secretary for trade affairs.