Senior Awami League leader and former home minister Sahara Khatun has been laid to eternal rest at Banani graveyard in Dhaka.
She was buried on the grave of her mother after a second namaz-e-janaza (funeral prayer) was held at the graveyard mosque on Saturday morning.
Her first namaz-e-janaza was held at Baitul Sharof Jam-e-Mosque near her residence in Farmgate area at 10:00am, reports BSS.
Sahara Khatun died at a Bangkok hospital at the age of 77. The elected lawmaker from Dhaka-18 breathed her last at 11:25pm on Thursday.
A number of people, including cabinet members, leaders and activists of Awami League, attended the funeral prayer.
Later, on behalf of President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, their military secretaries paid tributes to the lawmaker.
Central leaders of the ruling Awami League and its affiliated organizations also paid tributes to the senior politician.
She was admitted to a United Hospital in Dhaka on June 2 with fever, allergy and other pre-existing complications and was later moved to the intensive care unit when her condition deteriorated.
She was flown to Thailand and admitted to Bumrungrad Hospital last Monday where she breathed her last. A special flight of US-Bangla Airlines carrying her body reached Dhaka from Bangkok at 1:45am on Saturday, reports UNB.
A member of the Awami League’s presidium, Sahara Khatun is a three-time MP from the Dhaka seat.
She was made the home minister in 2009 and later served as the post and telecommunication minister.
