Baby Maudud's Chehlum Sep 5

The Chehlum of late journalist, writer and former MP AN Mahfuza Khatun Baby Maudud will be held on Sep 5.

Maudud's son Rabiul Hasan Avi has invited her friends, co-workers and well-wishers to the memorial service.

The Chehlum will be held at her residence, house 45, road 10, Dhanmondi, after the Magreeb prayers on the coming Friday.

Senior journalist, writer, social worker, women rights activist and former MP Maudud died at a Dhaka hospital on July 25 of cancer after a long battle at the relatively young age of 66.

She had been the Social Affairs Editor at bdnews24.com since 2009.

The veteran journalist was born in Kolkata on June 23, 1948.

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 joined the East Pakistan Students' Union in her student days at Dhaka University, and also served as a member of the Rokeya Hall student council from 1967-68.

She graduated in Bangla in 1971.

In the '90s, she was a vocal supporter of the Ghatok Dalal Nirmul Committee's movement for the prosecution of suspected war criminals.

Baby Maudud was elected to a reserved women's seat in the Ninth Parliament on Awami League nomination.

She wrote regularly on various issues and published several books, mostly for children. Maudud also played an important role in editing the autobiography of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.