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Mukarrema Reza. | BSS photo.

Mukarrema Reza, mother-in-law of late Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger son of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, died while undergoing treatment at a city hospital on early Sunday.

She was 71.


Family sources said that she breathed her last at about 3:45am while receiving treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka.

Earlier, she had been admitted to the hospital with multiple health issues a week back.

Her daughter Syeda Sharmila Rahman Sithi, wife of Koko, arrived in Dhaka from London on March 30, the day before Eid after learning about her mother鈥檚 illness.

Following Koto鈥檚 death from cardiac arrest in Malaysia in 2015, Sithi has been living in London with their daughters Zahia Rahman and Zafia Rahman.

Family sources said that Mukarrema Reza鈥檚 Namaz-e-Janaza will be held after Asr prayers at the Old DOHS ground in Banani and then she will be laid to rest at Banani Graveyard.

She is survived by her two sons and one daughter while her husband HM Hasan Reza, former engineer of the RAJUK, died in 2017.

In a condolence message, BNP鈥檚 acting chairman Tarique Rahman prayed for the salvation of her departed soul and conveyed sympathy to the bereaved family.