Acclaimed singer Papia Sarwar dies

Ekushey Padak winning acclaimed Rabindra Sangeet singer Papia Sarwar has passed away while undergoing medical treatment at a private hospital in the city.

She was 72.

She breathed her last at 8:00 am Thursday, Papia Sarwar’s husband Sarwar Alam confirmed this to Prothom Alo.

He further said the body will be kept at the mortuary of BIRDEM General Hospital. She will be buried at Banani graveyard after her namaz-e-janaza after Juma prayers Friday.

Papia had been suffering from cancer for the past few years.

She was undergoing treatment at a hospital in the city’s Bashundhara residential area in November. Later, she was admitted to a private hospital in Tejgaon.

She left behind her husband and two children to mourn her death

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