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Moyeen Khan joins doa mahfil for late deputy secy Ashraful Afsar

Reported By: ST Reporter September 27, 2026, 8:04 pm Category: National
Moyeen Khan joins doa mahfil for late deputy secy Ashraful Afsar
Local government, rural development and cooperatives minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan today attended a doa mahfil and special munajat at the Local Government Division meeting room of the Secretariat. Photo: PID
Doa held for former Local Government Division official Ashraful Afsar.

Local government, rural development and 
cooperatives minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan today attended a doa mahfil and 
special munajat seeking eternal peace for the departed soul of Mohammad 
Ashraful Afsar, a former deputy secretary of the Local Government Division.

The doa mahfil was held at the Local Government Division meeting room of the 
Secretariat here. 

State Minister for Local Government Mir Shahe Alam, Secretary Mohammad 
Shahidul Hasan, and senior officials and employees of the ministry and 
division attended the programme, among others.

Recalling the late Ashraful Afsar, the minister said, "Ashraful Afsar was a 
dedicated and responsible official of the division. With his death, the Local 
Government Division has lost a skilled officer. His colleagues will remember 
his dedication to work and sense of responsibility for a long time."

State Minister Mir Shahe Alam said the division was deeply saddened by the 
untimely death of Ashraful Afsar. He was sincere and dutiful in discharging 
his responsibilities, Shahe Alam said, adding, "The void created by his death 
would not be easy to fill."

At the doa mahfil, prayers were offered to the Almighty Allah for the 
forgiveness of the departed soul of Ashraful Afsar and extended heartfelt 
sympathy to his bereaved family.