Alifa Akter Kanta Islam, wife of Bangladesh Nationalist Party – BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan passed away on Tuesday (Mar 18) at a private hospital in the capital. She was 70. “She breathed her last around 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the United Hospital in Dhaka after suffering from prolonged illness,” BNP media cell member Shairul Kabir Khan told.
She is survived by her husband, son, two daughters, granddaughters and a host of well wishers to mourn her death.
Her Namaj-e-Janaza will be held on Wednesday (Mar 19) after the Zohr prayers at the Banani DOHS Mosque. And later, she will be laid to eternal rest beside her parents-in-law at Mirpur.
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has expressed deep condolences. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir went to the hospital immediately after hearing the news.
