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Obituary

1 January 2012, 18:00 PM

METROPOLITAN

Staff Correspondent

Begum Rashida Akhter, wife of late Prof AK Md Mozaharul Hannan and mother of Abu Rushd, the editor of Bangladesh Defence Journal, passed away at a hospital in the city on December 30 due to kidney related diseases at the age of 63, says a press release. She left behind her one son, two daughters, grandchildren and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn her death. She was buried at her family graveyard in Munshiganj. Relatives and well-wishers are requested to pray for the salvation of the departed soul. Jatiya Press Club and Dhaka Reporters Unity condoled the death.