Noted sculptor and freedom fighter Ferdousi Priyabhashini passed away at a city hospital on Tuesday noon, report agencies.
She was 71.
Ferdousi Priyabhashini, who has been suffering from multiple complications including kidney ailment, diabetes, high blood pressure, orthopedics and heart disease, and undergoing treatment at Labaid Hospital, breathed her last around 12:45 pm, said her son Karu Titash.
On last November, Priyabhashini fell down in her Gulshan residence and went into a shock.
Priyabhashini was born on February 19, 1947 in Khulna. She married Ahsanullah Ahmed in 1972.
She received Independence Day Award in 2010.
Her biography book 'Nindito Nandan' was published in Ekushey Book Fair in 2014.
Ferdousi Priyabhashini, who was persecuted by Pakistani occupation army and its local collaborators during the Liberation War, got the 'freedom fighter' recognition in 2016.
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Ferdousi Priyabhashini.
Besides, Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor condoled her death.
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