HT Imam, the political adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has passed away.
The 82-year-old breathed his last on Thursday at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka.
He was pronounced dead at 1.15am, Awami League Office Secretary Biplab Barua said in a social media post.
Decisions on his funeral prayers and burial will be taken later, he said.
HT Imam was suffering from various age-related problems coupled with kidney complications.
He has been the political adviser to PM Hasina since 2014.