Awami League advisory council member and former Feni lawmaker Joynal Hazari has passed away.

He breathed his last at Labaid Hospital in the capital around 5:30 pm on Monday.

Chowdhury Meher A Khoda, public relations officer of the Labaid Hospital, confirmed the matter to Dhaka Post.

He said that the 78-year-old politician was undergoing treatment at a hospital for various age-related problems including kidney and heart disease.

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