Begum Umme Salma Mahbub, wife of former teacher of Dhaka University and prominent economist Professor Mahbub Ullah, has passed away.
She was 78.
Salma Mahbub breathed her last at her Green Road resistance in Dhaka early today (June 27).
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Salma had been suffering from cancer and dementia for a long time.
She left behind her husband, 3 daughters and a host of relatives to mourn her death.
Salma was the founding president of Pabna district unit BNP. She was also a member of Jatiya Sangsad during the rule of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman.
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She was buried in Mirpur graveyard following the namaz-e-janaza after the Juhr prayer.
Meanwhile, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed deep shock and sorrow at the demise of Umme Salma Mahbub.