Awami League presidium member and deputy leader of the House, veteran politician Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury passed away on Sunday night.
Sajeda, also MP of Faridpur-2, breathed her last at 11: 40pm at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka, Prime Minister's special assistant and Awami League Office Secretary, Barrister Biplab Barua said.
At the time of death she was 87.
The deputy leader of the House was admitted to hospital with post-Covid-19 complications two weeks ago.
Also, She 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 and Chairman 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 organizers of the country's Liberation War.
The AL senior leader served as environment and forest minister and was awarded the Swadhinata Padak in 2010.
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