Najma Chowdhury, Educationist
Professor emeritus of Dhaka University (DU) Najma Chowdhury and a caretaker government adviser, has died of COVID-19.
The prominent academic, who pioneered in establishing women studies in Bangladesh, breathed her last at a Dhaka hospital on Sunday morning.
She died on Sunday while receiving treatment at the Bangladesh Specialised Hospital in Dhaka, according to
Quoting Prof Md Ferdous Hossain, the chairman of the DU Department of Political Science bdnews24.com reported that she had tested positive for COVID.
“She passed away after being hospitalised for several days. Her funeral prayers will be held at Gulshan’s Azad Mosque after Asr prayers and she will be laid to rest at the Banani graveyard.”
The 79-year-old professor leaves behind two daughters. Her husband, former Chi...