Jahanara Begum passes away

Jahanara Begum, wife of late Shah Alam Chowdhury, passed away at a hospital in Dhaka yesterday.

She was 81. She died of old-age complications, said a press release.

Jahanara left behind three sons including former BGMEA president Anwar-Ul Alam Chowdhury Parvez, a daughter and grandchildren to mourn her death.

She was buried at Banani graveyard following a namaz-e-janaza at Gulshan Azad Mosque.