Singer Papia Sarwar passes away

Papia Sarwar, one of country's most renowned and prolific Rabindra Sangeet artistes, passed away at a private hospital in the capital on Thursday. She was 72.
She breathed her last at a hospital, her husband Sarwar Alam told media.
The Ekushey Padak-winning revered singer, who had been battling with cancer for three years, was admitted to the ICU and placed on life support following a deterioration in her health condition on Wednesday.
She is survived by her husband and two daughters- Zaara Sarwar and Jisha Sarwar Papia Sarwar .
Born on November 21 into a musically inclined family in Barisal, Papia Sarwar pursued Rabindra Sangeet at Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan in 1973 through a scholarship offered by the government of India.