Dhaka, November 01 (bdnews24.com) - Awami League presidium member Amir Hossain Amu's wife Firoza Hossain died of cancer at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore Thursday night.
She was 53.
Firoza suffered from cancer for over two years.
Kazi Mizanur Rahman of the Awami League said Firoza died at 9:10pm Bangladesh time.
Measures were being taken to bring her body home, Rahman said.
Firoza is survived by her husband, three brothers and two sisters.
She was taken to Singapore for treatment on September 6, 2005 after being diagnosed with cancer.
Former BNP secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan spoke to Amu after his wife's death.
Acting Awami League chief Zillur Rahman, presidium member Tofail Ahmed and BNP's acting secretary general Hafizuddin Ahmed expressed condolences to Amu over the telephone.
Awami League leaders said Firoza would be buried in Banani graveyard.
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