Published: 12:10 AM, 17 May 2026
Industrialist and former state minister Mizanur Rahman Sinha dies at 83
Mizanur Rahman Sinha, former state minister for health and family welfare and managing director of Acme Laboratories Ltd and Acme Group, has passed away at the age of 83.
The renowned industrialist breathed his last at 2am on Saturday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Singapore, Munshiganj-2 constituency MP Abdus Salam Azad said.
"He had been hospitalised for a long time," Azad said, adding that arrangements to bring the body back to Bangladesh are under way and the media would be informed in due course.
His daughter and Acme Deputy Managing Director Tasneem Sinha also broke the news on Facebook.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Mizanur Rahman Sinha. In a condolence message, the premier said the contribution of Sinha in the country's political and health arenas will always be remembered.
He prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family, relatives and well-wishers.
Sinha had been nominated by the BNP from Munshiganj-2, Louhajang-Tongibari, for the 13th parliamentary election.
But after he fell ill, BNP Joint Secretary General Abdus Salam Azad was nominated in his place.
Sinha was elected MP from Munshiganj-2 in the seventh parliamentary election in 1996 and again in the eighth parliamentary election in 2001 as a BNP candidate.
After the 2001 election, he served as state minister for health and family welfare in the cabinet led by former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia.
He was also treasurer of the BNP central executive committee and convener of the Munshiganj district unit of the BNP.
Sinha was from Dohuri village of Kolma union in Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj. His father was Hamidur Rahman Sinha and his mother Nurjahan Sinha.
