Awami League Advisory Committee member and former state minister for LGRD and cooperatives advocate Rahmat Ali passed away on Sunday. He was 76.

A five-time former Awami League MP from Gazipur-3 constituency, he breathed his last at a Dhaka city hospital around 7:30am, according to media reports. 

Rahmat is survived by his wife, two sons, and one daughter.

The ruling party leadership have issued messages mourning his death.