Barrister Mainul Hosein, a former adviser to a caretaker government and son of The Daily Ittefaq founder-editor Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah, has died at a Dhaka hospital at the age of 83.
He passed away at Evercare Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment, around 6:00 pm on Saturday, bdnews24.com reported citing Wahiduzzaman, an aide to Mainul.
He was in charge of law, justice and parliamentary affairs, among others, during his tenure in the 2007-2008 caretaker government.