Sahara Khatun Laid to Rest beside Mother's Grave

Former Home Minister and Awami League presidium member Advocate Sahara Khatun was laid to eternal rest beside mother’s grave at the Banani graveyard in the capital on Saturday morning.

The veteran AL leader was buried at around 11:45 am after the second namaz-e-janaza at 11:05 am at Banani Jam-e-mosque in the capital.

Earlier, her first namaz-e-janaza was held at 10:00 a.m. in Baitul Sharof Jam-e-Mosque near her residence in Farmgate.

Hundreds of AL leaders and activists engaged in the second namaz-e-janaza, who maintained a physical distance from coronavirus infection risks.

Sahara Khatun, the country's first female home minister, died at Bamrungrad Hospital in Thailand on Thursday night while undergoing treatment. She was carried by air ambulance to Bangkok on Monday.

Later, the corpse of the deceased Sahara Khatun was brought from Bangkok to Dhaka at around 2 a.m. on Saturday by separate flight from US-Bangla Airlines.

Earlier, before brought to Thailand, she was taken to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of United Hospital as her condition deteriorated.

Sahara Khatun was admitted to the hospital on June 2 with fever and some old age complications.

The AL leader was elected MP thrice from Dhaka-18 constituency.