The 84-year-old was suffering from various complications
File photo of Begum Mushtari Shafi Courtesy
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Publish : 20 Dec 2021, 10:22 PMUpdate : 16 Feb 2022, 10:58 AM
The noted writer and wife of a martyr Begum Mushtari Shafi has passed away.
The 84-year-old breathed her last at 4pm on Monday afternoon while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka, her son-in-law Abdullah Jafar told the media.
Mushtari Shafi, one of the organizers of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee and Chittagong unit president of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpi Goshthi, had been suffering from various complications, including kidney and blood infections.
She was brought to Dhaka from Chittagong on December 2. After recovering a little, she returned home and was readmitted to the CMH on December 14.
Her body will be kept at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital for one hour from 11am on Tuesday for people to pay tribute.
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock at the death of Begum Mushtari Shafi, a member of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra.
In separate condolence messages, they recalled her role in the progressive cultural and citizens’ movements with gratitude, and prayed for the eternal salvation of the departed soul and expressed sympathy for her bereaved family members.
During the Liberation War, her husband Dr Mohammad Shafi and her younger brother Ehsanul Haque Ansari were killed by the Pakistani occupation army.
She then joined Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra as a voice artiste to keep the spirit of the nation alive during the nine months of the Liberation War.
Writer, freedom fighter Mushtari Shafi passes away
The 84-year-old was suffering from various complications
The noted writer and wife of a martyr Begum Mushtari Shafi has passed away.
The 84-year-old breathed her last at 4pm on Monday afternoon while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka, her son-in-law Abdullah Jafar told the media.
Mushtari Shafi, one of the organizers of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee and Chittagong unit president of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpi Goshthi, had been suffering from various complications, including kidney and blood infections.
She was brought to Dhaka from Chittagong on December 2. After recovering a little, she returned home and was readmitted to the CMH on December 14.
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Her body will be kept at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital for one hour from 11am on Tuesday for people to pay tribute.
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock at the death of Begum Mushtari Shafi, a member of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra.
In separate condolence messages, they recalled her role in the progressive cultural and citizens’ movements with gratitude, and prayed for the eternal salvation of the departed soul and expressed sympathy for her bereaved family members.
During the Liberation War, her husband Dr Mohammad Shafi and her younger brother Ehsanul Haque Ansari were killed by the Pakistani occupation army.
She then joined Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra as a voice artiste to keep the spirit of the nation alive during the nine months of the Liberation War.
She received the Begum Rokeya Award in 2020.
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