Begum Nurjehan noted Bangladeshi journalist passed away

Q.  Which famous Bangladeshi journalist passed away on 24th May?
- Published on 25 May 16

a. Begum Nausheed
b. Begum Nurjahan
c. Begum Aaliyah
d. Begum Tasneem

ANSWER: Begum Nurjahan
 
Editor and publisher of the weekly magazine "Begum", Nurjahan Begum, passed away at a Dhaka hospital on Tuesday. She was 91. Nurjahan was admitted to the hospital with respiratory problems on May 4. She had been on life support since May 7.
  • President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have both expressed profound shock and grief over her death.
  • Born on June 4, 1925, Nurjahan was the daughter of prominent journalist Mohammad Nasiruddin, the editor of the Bangla literary journal Saogat and was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2011.
  • Saogat, also called Saugat (presentation) was a leading Bengali literary journal, and was first published from Kolkata in 1918.

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