Late Professor Mazharul Islam’s wife passes away
She was the mother of Shovon Islam, managing director of Sparrow group.
The wife of eminent educator Professor Mazharul Islam, the former vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University and first director general of Bangla Academy, passed away on Saturday.
Nurjahan Mazharul breathed her last at 6.10 am while undergoing treatment at a city hospital.
She was laid to rest beside her husband at their family graveyard in Sirajganj following two namaz-e-janazas after Asar and Maghrib prayers.
She left two sons -- Chayan Islam MP from Sirajganj-6 and Shovon Islam, managing director of Sparrow group -- and only daughter Merrina Islam.