AL leader Sajeda Chowdhury passes away

Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, presidium member of the Awami League and deputy leader of the House, passed away Sunday night. She was 87.

Sajeda, Faridpur-2 MP, breathed her last at 11: 40 pm at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka, Prime Minister's special assistant and Awami League Office Secretary, Barrister Biplab Barua said.

The deputy leader of the House was admitted to hospital with post-Covid-19 complications two weeks ago.

Also, Sajeda underwent bypass surgery in 2015.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed shock and deep grief at the death of Sajeda. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal also mourned her death. Deputy leader of the opposition GM Quader also mourned her passing.

Born in 1935, Sajeda became the deputy leader of the House in 2019 for the third consecutive term.

She was also a Language Movement veteran and one of the organisers of the country's Liberation War.

The 87-year-old served as environment and forest minister and was awarded the Swadhinata Padak in 2010.