Begum Jebunnesa, minister’s mother, passes away at 83.
Begum Jebunnesa, mother of Social Welfare, Women and Children Affairs Minister Professor Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, passed away today.
She was 83.
She breathed her last at 5.38am at a city hospital while undergoing treatment. She had been suffering from various old age complications, said a ministry release.
Begum Jebunnesa, professionally was a teacher, survived by two sons, two daughters, numerous relatives and admirers to mourn her death.
Her namaj-e Janaza will be held after Asar prayer today at Mymensingh Eidgah premises.
After the namaj-e-Janaza she will be buried at Gulkibari family graveyard besides the grave of her husband Jafar Ali Sarker.
Jebunessa was born in a respected Muslim family at Gafargaon in Mymensingh district in 1944.
The children of the deceased have requested the people to offer doa to the almighty Allah seeking eternal peace of her departed soul.
BNP Secretary General and Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed deep shock and grief at the death of Jebunessa.
In a condolence message, Mirza Fakhrul said, “Like her bereaved family, I am deeply saddened by the death of Begum Jebunnesa. As a teacher, she was committed to her profession. She was an ideal woman who raised her children with proper education and helped them become established in life.”
Fakhrul Islam prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family, relatives, admirers and well-wishers.
State Minister for Social Welfare Farzana Sharmin and Social Welfare Secretary Dr Mohammad Abu Yusuf and Women and Children Affairs Secretary Yasmin Parveen also conveyed their condolence over the death of Begum Jebunnesa.
