Bangladesh president dies in Singapore

DHAKA: Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman, a veteran ruling party politician named to the largely ceremonial post in 2009, died on Wednesday in a Singapore hospital, an embassy official said. He was 84. "The president died at a hospital here in Singapore at 6.47 pm local time," Bangladesh High Commissioner in Singapore M Mahbubuzzaman told AFP by phone. Rahman, who was suffering from kidney and respiratory problems, was flown to Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital by air ambulance on March 10 a... more

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