Ex-state minister Zinatunnesa passes away

Former State Minister and 1971 Liberation War veteran Zinatunnesa Talukder of Rajshahi passed away in the city's Ever care Hospital Sunday morning. She was 76, reports BSS.

Family sources said Zinatunnesa was suffering from acute heart and lungs diseases.

She left behind two sons and numerous relatives, admirers and political followers to mourn her death.

Zinatunnesa served as the state minister for primary and mass education and then women and children affairs ministry during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 1996-2001 tenure in government.