Ferdousi Priyabhashini no more

Freedom fighter and noted sculptor Ferdousi Priyabhashini passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday.

She was 71.

Priyabhashini was undergoing treatment at the coronary care unit (CCU) of Labaid Hospital following a cardiac arrest.

She had been suffering from multiple complications, including kidney and heart diseases.

Officials at the hospital said Priyabhashini was admitted to the hospital on 23 February. She was then suffering from kidney complications.

Ferdousi Priyabhashini was born in Khulna on 19 February 1947. During Bangladesh’s War of Independence in 1971, she was tortured by the Pakistani military.

For her sacrifice during the freedom fight, the government awarded her the Independence Award, the highest civilian award of the country in 2016.