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The Jatiya Sangsad on Monday adopted a condolence motion mourning the deaths of four former members of parliament, a former Constituent Assembly member and several other prominent personalities.
Speaker Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmad Bir Bikram moved the motion on the opening day of the fourth session of the 13th Parliament.
The session began at 3:30pm, with the Speaker presiding.
The former MPs named in the motion included Awami League leaders Monowar Hossain Chowdhury and freedom fighter and journalist Muhammad Shafiqul Rahman, as well as former BNP lawmakers Salahuddin Ahmed and Abdul Hai.
The motion also mourned the death of freedom fighter Abu Taher Abdul Muntakim, a former member of the Constituent Assembly.
Others remembered included Amena Begum, mother of Fisheries and Livestock Minister and Agriculture Minister Mohammad Aminur Rashid; Mosammat Maksuda Khanam, mother of Mymensingh-1 MP Mohammad Salman Omar; academic, writer and researcher Professor Sayeed Ur Rahman; and noted journalist Amir Khasru.
The House also expressed deep sorrow over the deaths of people killed in accidents at home and abroad.
While moving the motion, the Speaker said names of any prominent individuals inadvertently omitted could be submitted to the Parliament Secretariat, along with brief biographies, for consideration in future condolence motions.
The motions were passed unanimously, followed by a minute of silence in memory of the deceased.
State Minister for Religious Affairs Mohammad Shamim Kaisar later led a prayer, seeking forgiveness for the departed souls and expressing condolences to their bereaved families.