Nurjahan Begum editor of 'Begum' passes away
Published : 23 May 2016, 13:11
Jagoroniya Desk
Nurjahan Begum, the editor and publisher of weekly esteemed magazine for women 'Begum', passed away at a Dhaka hospital this morning at the age of 91.
She breathed her last at the hospital 9:45am, Dr Mirza Nazim, director of Square Hospital, confirmed BSS.
Nurjahan was admitted to the hospital with respiratory problems on May 4. She was on life support since May 7.
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed profound shock at the death of Nurjahan Begum.
In separate messages, they conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family members and prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul.
Source: BSS.