Veteran leftist politician and the founder of a faction of Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) Mobinul Haider Chowdhury passed away at a private hospital in Dhaka last night.

"He breathed his last at the intensive care unit of Square Hospital around 10:50pm last night," said Raju Ahmed, president of Dhaka Committee Sramik Karmachari Federation.  

He was admitted to the hospital on June 27 for treatment of pneumonia and other old-age complications, he said.

Mobinul was the general secretary of Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal.