The namaz-e-janaza of BNP commerce secretary and former three-time lawmaker Salahuddin Ahmed will be held on Wednesday morning at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
A source at the Parliament Secretariat confirmed the information.
Salahuddin died at 8:10pm on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital. He remained active in BNP politics until his death.
After the janaza at the Parliament, further funeral prayers will be held in front of the BNP central office in Nayapaltan around 1:30pm and at Lal Mosque in Shyampur around 3pm.
He will then be buried at Jurain Graveyard beside his father, according to sources at the BNP Media Cell.
Speaker of Parliament Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal and Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni expressed deep sorrow over his death.
He was elected a member of parliament from Dhaka-4 as a BNP candidate in the fifth parliamentary election in 1991, the sixth election in February 1996, and the eighth parliamentary election in 2001.
He also served as the party’s commerce secretary on its Central Executive Committee.
