Dhaka, May 13 -- Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep sorrow at the death of veteran politician, freedom fighter and Bangladesh Awami League Presidium Member Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, describing his passing as "the end of an era of politics".

In a condolence message issued on microblogging site X on Wednesday, the exiled Awami League president said the nation had lost a dedicated leader whose contributions would remain "forever etched in history".

"With the passing of veteran politician and heroic freedom fighter Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, an era of politics comes to an end," she said.

Hasina, the former prime minister, recalled Mosharraf as a close associate of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and said he had remained committed to the...