Dainik Naya Diganta chief reporter Touhidul Islam's mother Shamsunnahar Begum died of heart attack in his Uttara residence on Sunday. She was 60.
She was suffering from high blood pressure.
Shamsunnahar Begum, wife of late Jalal Ahmed, a retired Air Force officer, is survived by two sons.
Touhidul Islam, also former joint secretary of Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh, is her elder son.
Her namaz-e-janaza was held at Sector-4, Uttara, in capital and she was buried at Ikrashi village following two namaz-e-janaza at Lotakhola village in Dohar of Dhaka.
Journalists and staff of Naya Diganata expressed deep shock at the death of Shamsunnahar. They prayed for salvation of the departed soul.
Her qul khwani will be held at Sector-4, Uttara, next Friday after the asr prayers.
Source : New Age
