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JANAZA-FAZILATUNNESA
Janaza of Birshreshtho Noor Mohammad’s wife held
DHAKA, Nov 22, 2018 (BSS) – The namaz-e-janaza of Begum Fazilatunnesa,
wife of Birshreshtho Shaheed Lance Nayek Noor Mohammad, was held at 8.30 am
on the training premises of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) headquarters in
city’s Pilkhana area.
BGB Director General and Major General Shafeenul Islam and officials and
members of the BGB, among others, attended the janaza, a BGB press release
said.
After the Janaza, the body of the deceased was sent to Narail where she
would be buried at her own Duria village.
Begum Fazilatunnesa died of old-age complications at the Combined Medical
Hospital (CMH) on Wednesday at the age of 71.
In separate condolence messages, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed
profound sympathy to the bereaved family.
Earlier, Sheikh Hasina visited the CMH to see ailing Fazilatunnesa on
Wednesday before her demise.
Born in a respectable Muslim family, Fazilatunnesa got married to Noor
Mohammad in 1964.
Lance Nayek Noor Mohammad was killed in an engagement with the Pakistan
Army during the Liberation War in 1971.
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