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Former President and veteran politician Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury passed away at a hospital in the capital early on Saturday.
B Chowdhury, who was admitted to Uttara Women’s Medical College Hospital on Wednesday with lung infection, breathed his last there around 3:15 am, said his daughter, Dr Shayla Chowdhury, according to a UNB report.
Professor Badruddoza Chowdhury was elected President of Bangladesh on November 14, 2001. He resigned from the presidency on June 21, 2002.
On May 8, 2004, B Chowdhury founded a political party named Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh. He was serving as the party's president.