Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- Former finance and foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in Sheikh Hasina's cabinet, who served as the chief foreign representative of the Mujibnagar government in 1971, has died at the age of 82.

BIRDEM Hospital in Dhaka confirmed that Mahmood died on Thursday at 3:55pm while undergoing treatment.

The 82-year-old had been admitted to the hospital's ICU for the past two weeks with kidney complications.

His funeral prayers will be held in front of his Dhanmondi residence in the evening, followed by burial at Banani Graveyard.

A career foreign service officer, Ali served as high commissioner to the UK before his retirement in 2001. He had served as ambassador to Germany and Bhutan. He was additional foreign secretary...