Sheikh Md Abdullah, politician
Sheikh Md Abdullah ‑ a Bangladesh Awami League politician and lawyer who served as the State Minister of Religious Affairs from 2019 until his death – died of Covid-19 on 13 June 2020.
He was appointed as the minister in the Fourth Sheikh Hasina Cabinet in January 2019.
Abdullah was born on 8 September 1945 in Gopalganj in the then Bengal Presidency, British India. He studied at a Qawmi madrasa and at Sultan Shahi Kekania primary school and high school. He completed his undergraduate studies at Azam Khan Government Commerce College in the Khulna District. In 1972, he completed his masters in communication from University of Dhaka. Two years later, in 1974, he completed his second masters in economics from the same university.
Abdullah was the founding president of the Gopalganj unit of...
