<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of former member of Awami League Central Working Committee, former president of Mymensingh district Awami League, former religious affairs minister and valiant freedom fighter Principal Motiur Rahman.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In a condolence message, the Prime Minister said that Motiur Rahman was a dedicated leader of Bangladesh Awami League.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Motiur Rahman performed his organisational duties, remaining steadfast to the ideals of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the politics of the Awami League — defying uncountable inducement and repeated imprisonment,” she said.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sheikh Hasina said that Motiur Rahman, who led the Mymensingh district Awami League for more than three decades, served as a trainer and successful organiser of freedom fighters during the Liberation War.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2022 for his outstanding contribution in the Liberation War.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The death of Principal Motiur Rahman is an irreparable loss to the party, and I lost a faithful political companion with his demise,” she added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Premier prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul of Principal Motiur Rahman and expressed her deepest sympathy to the bereaved members of his family. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>