Jahanara Huq passes away

Law Minister Anisul Huq's mother Jahanara Huq died yesterday at a hospital in the capital. She was 86.

Law Ministry official Dr Md Rezaul Karim confirmed the matter.

She left behind her son Anisul Huq and a host of relatives and well wishers.

Her namaz-e-janaza was held yesterday at Water Development Board Jame Masjid in Banani-11 after Zuhr prayers. She was laid to rest at Banani graveyard.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her condolences at the the death of Jahanara Huq.

Jahanara's husband advocate Serajul Huq -- who was a close aide to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- died on October 28, 2002.

Her son Ariful Huq Rony passed away in 2017 in Dallas, USA, and her only daughter Saima Islam died in Dhaka in 2018.