In Kishoreganj, his funeral prayers will be held at the Old Stadium ground at 12pm. The funeral prayers will also be held at the Anjuman Eidgah ground in Mymensingh at 2pm. Syed Ashraf, a longtime confidante of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, fell ill after losing his wife Sheila Islam to cancer in 2016. Hasina herself solicited votes for Syed Ashraf. Son of Syed Nazrul Islam, one of the four national leaders killed in the jail in 1975, Syed Ashraf left for the United Kingdom after the assassination.

Source: bd News24 January 04, 2019 15:11 UTC