Sajeda Chowdhury laid to rest in Banani Graveyard

Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, one of the organizers of the great liberation war, member of the presidium of Awami League and deputy leader of parliament, has been laid to rest with full state honour in the Banani Graveyard in Dhaka on Monday at about 6.15pm.

At that time Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader led the central leaders of Awami League and Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam along with various levels of Awami League leaders and workers were present.

Earlier, the first namaz-e-janaza of Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury was held in Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur.

Second namaz-e-janaza of Sajeda Chowdhury was held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Asr prayers. She will be laid to rest with state honour at Banani Graveyard.

Faridpur-2 MP Sajeda Chowdhury passed away at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka on Sunday night at the age of 87.

Sajeda Chowdhury was born on May 8 in 1935. The veteran politician joined the politics of AL in 1956. After the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on August 15, 1975, she played an important role in keeping the AL organized at a critical moment.

In 1976, Sajeda Chowdhury became the AL's acting general secretary. Later, she was the party's full general secretary from 1986 to 1992. Before that, she was the general secretary of Mahila Awami League from 1969 to 1975.