Zohura Begum, Ratnagarbha mother of academic, economist and policy maker Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, passed away early Wednesday. He was 87.
Suffering from old-age complications, she breathed her last at her residence in Panchlaish area in the city around 2am.
Zohura Begum’s daughter Dr Tahmina Banu, former head of Pediatric Surgery Department of Chattogram Medical College Hospital confirmed her mother’s death.
Zohura Begum, wife of late doctor Abdul Matin, left behind four sons, two daughters and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn at his death.
She was buried at her family graveyard in Barkal union of Chandlaish upazila around 10:30am.