Former Election Commissioner (EC) SM Zakaria passed away early this morning (November 12) while he was undergoing treatment at a city hospital.
He was 77.
Zakaria breathed his last at United Hospital at 4:00 am.
He left behind his wife a son and a host of relative's well-wishers to mourn his death.
SM Zakaria was an EC of the Bangladesh Election Commission between January 16, 2006 and January 31, 2007.
Earlier, Zakaria was also a secretary of the Election Commission secretariat from April 1, 2002 to January 15, 2006.
The officials and employees of the secretariat have expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Zakaria and also expressed sympathy to the bereaved family members.
He will be buried later at his family graveyard in Brahmanbaria.
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