Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Thursday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Awami League (AL) lawmaker and former minister for land Shamsur Rahman Sherif.

In a condolence message, the prime minister prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed profound sympathy to the bereaved family.

Shamsur Rahman Sherif, AL MP from Pabna-4 constituency, breathed his last this morning while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka at the age of 80.