Fatema Hye passes away

Fatema Hye (Hena), wife of late ATM Abdul Hye from Dhaka's Shantinagar and known as Uttarda of the Weekly Chitrali, died at a Dhaka hospital on December 17, aged 82, according to a press release.

She left behind her two sons, two daughters, grandchildren and a host of relatives and admirers to mourn her death.

Her elder son Tasnim Hasan Hye (Tuhin) is executive director of voluntary organisation "Human Development Foundation".

Fatema Hye is daughter of late Gazi Shamsuddin Ahmad and sister of late Gazi Shahabuddin Ahmad, editor of the Weekly Sachitra Sandhani. She wrote in various newspapers in 1960s and 70s.

She founded "Karupith Hasthashilpo Shikkha Protishthan" for women after the 1971 Liberation War.