SUF Mukarrema Reza, mother-in-law of late Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, died while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka early Sunday. She was 71.
Family sources said she breathed her last at 3:45am while receiving treatment, reports UNB.
Earlier, she had been admitted to the hospital with multiple health issues a week ago.
Her daughter, Syeda Sharmila Rahman Sithi, the wife of Koko, arrived in Dhaka from London on March 30, the day before Eid, after learning about her mother’s illness.
After Koko's death from cardiac arrest in Malaysia in 2015, Sithi has been living in London with their daughters, Zahia Rahman and Zafia Rahman.
Family sources said that Mukarrema Reza’s Namaz-e-Janaza will be held after Asr prayers at the Old DOHS ground in Banani, and she will then be laid to rest at Banani Graveyard.
She is survived by two sons and one daughter, while her husband, HM Hasan Reza, a former engineer of RAJUK, passed away in 2017.
In a condolence message, BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman prayed for the salvation of her departed soul and conveyed his sympathy to the grieving family.
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