Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- Sabih Uddin Ahmed, an adviser to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, has died in hospital care after suffering from health complications linked to a brain haemorrhage.

Ahmed breathed his last at 7:35 am at United Hospital in Gulshan on Monday, his family said. He was 76.

The BNP leader suffered a stroke in 2017 and withdrew from politics to some extent due to his sickness. He is survived by his wife and two children.

Top leaders of the BNP expressed condolences over the death of Sabih Uddin to the bereaved family.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, a classmate of Sabih Uddin at Dhaka University, visited the family at their Gulshan house following his death.

"Sabih Uddin was a true patriot. The BNP suffered ...