Jatiya Sangsad deputy leader and Awami League presidium member Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury was laid to rest with full state honour at Banani Graveyard in Dhaka on Monday.
She was buried in the grave at about 6.15pm.
Earlier, the first namaz-e-janaza of Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury was held in Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur.
Second namaz-e-janaza of Sajeda Chowdhury was held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Asr prayers. She will be laid to rest with state honour at Banani Graveyard.
Faridpur-2 MP Sajeda Chowdhury passed away at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka on Sunday night at the age of 87.
Sajeda Chowdhury was born on May 8 in 1935. The veteran politician joined the politics of AL in 1956. After the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on August 15, 1975, she played an important role in keeping the AL organized at a critical moment.
In 1976, Sajeda Chowdhury became the AL's acting general secretary. Later, she was the party's full general secretary from 1986 to 1992. Before that, she was the general secretary of Mahila Awami League from 1969 to 1975.
