Dhaka, Jul 10 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Awami League MP Rushema Begum, also known as Rushema Imam.
In a condolence message, she said Rushema was a member of the Awami League family and had been working for the welfare of the people throughout her the life.
Sheikh Hasina prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul and offered sympathies to the bereaved family.
Rushema, wife of Awami League’s former Faridpur unit chief Imamuddin Ahmad, was elected from the reserved seat.
She died on Tuesday night at the Faridpur Heart Foundation Hospital after suffering a heart attack.
She was 85.