President Abdul Hamid on Monday expressed profound shock at death of Shahanara Abdullah, the wife of senior Awami League leader Abul Hasanat Abdullah MP and mother of Barishal City Corporation (BCC) Mayor Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah

Shahanara Abdullah, wife of senior Awami League leader Abul Hasanat Abdullah MP and mother of Barishal City Corporation (BCC) Mayor Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah, passed away at a hospital in the capital on Sunday night. She was 72.   Shahanara Abdullah breathed her last around 11:30pm while undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).   Shahanara Abdullah, a cultural activist and social worker, was an eyewitness of the brutal killings on August 15, 1975.    Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal and K M Khalid MP, state minister for Cultural Affairs,  expressed their deep shock and sorrow at the death of Shahanara Abdullah.