Mannan, a member of ruling Awami League’s Advisory Council, left behind three children – sons Muzharul and Mosud Mannan, and daughter Zeba Mannan. His younger son Dr Muzharul Mannan, also a neurologist, told bdnews24.com that his father had been suffering from old-age complications. An active participant of the 1952 Language Movement, Dr Mannan was the founder of Dr Abdul Mannan Women's College in Katiadi and Neurology Foundation in Dhaka. His elder son Mosud is Bangladesh’s Ambassador in Uzbekistan. Health Minister Mohammed Nasim and Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain have also mourned Mannan.

Source: bd News24 July 17, 2016 15:33 UTC