Former MP and BNP Executive Committee member Nadim Mostafa passed away in a hospital in the capital on Sunday. He was 58.

Nadim breathed his last around 11 am at United Hospital, said BNP media cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan.

He suffered a heart attack in the morning and was immediately taken to United Hospital.

The BNP leader is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter, and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.

Upon hearing the news of Nadim’s demise, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir visited the hospital and spoke with the bereaved family members.

Nadim, a close associate of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, was elected MP from the Rajshahi-4 seat as a BNP candidate in 1996 and 2001.

He previously served as the BNP’s Special Secretary and General Secretary of the party’s Rajshahi city and district units.