Baby Maudud’s Qul-Khawani held

Special prayers have been held for the late veteran journalist and former MP AN Mahfuza Khatun Baby Maudud.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 1 August 2014, 03:24 PM
Updated : 1 August 2014, 03:24 PM

The Qul-Khawani was held at her Dhanmondi home on Friday afternoon.

The journalist, writer and rights activist who was known to everyone as Baby Maudud, passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on July 25. She was the social affairs editor of bdnews24.com.

Maolana Md Salahuddin of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque conducted the prayers.

The speaker, members of the cabinet, politicians and many other dignitaries attended the Qul-Khawani along with her family members and co-workers.

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, prime minister’s Adviser Gowher Rizvi, Communist Party of Bangladesh President Mujahidul Islam Selim, MPs Sahara Khatun and Fazle Nur Taposh, state minister for Women Affairs Meher Afroz, Law Minister Anisul Huq and Expat Welfare Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain attended the prayers.
Dhaka University’s Emeritus Professor Anisuzzaman, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University’s VC Pran Gopal Datta, Bangla Academy’s Director General Shamsuzzaman Khan, former vice chancellor of Chittagong University Salahuddin Ahmed and the president’s Press Secretary Ehsanul Karim were present.
Samakal Editor Golam Sarwar, bdnews24.com Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi, Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul of Baishakhi TV, BSS Chief Editor Abul Kalam Azad, former BSS director Azizul Haque Bhuiyan, columnist Syed Abul Maksud, former BSS MD Jaglul Ahmed Chowdhury, former BTV MD Md Hamid and Dhaka Reporters Unity President Shahed Chowdhury were present among others.
Beginning her career as a journalist in 1967, Baby Maudud worked for the BBC, Daily Sangbad, Ittefaq, BSS, and Weekly Bichitra before joining bdnews24.com.
She wrote regularly on various issues and penned several books, mostly for children.