Former finance minister Muhith passes away
30 April 2022, 02:48 am | Updated: 24 November 2024, 06:14 pm
Former finance minister and the Awami League advisory council member AMA Muhith passed away on Friday at the age of 88.
Muhith breathed his last at a city hospital at 12:56am, his brother Foreign Minister Ak Abdul Momen told reporters.
His first janaza will be held at Gulshan Azad Mosque at 10:30am and the second at 11:30am at the Parliament premises, Momen said.
Afterwards, his body will be taken to the Central Shaheed Minar at 1pm for the public and after that will be taken to Sylhet for burial.
Muhit was born on 25 January 1934 in Dhopadighi, Sylhet. He, as finance minister of the Awami League government, presented the budget in parliament for 10 years at a stretch. It was during his tenure that the size of the budget expanded.
