State minister Promod Mankin dies
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State minister for social welfare, Promod Mankin, died at an Indian hospital early Wednesday. He was 79.
He died around 5:45 am today while undergoing lungs treatment at Holy Family Hospital in Mumbai.
President Abdul Hamid and prime minister Sheikh Hasina expressed their profound shock at his death.