Eminent Bangladeshi Tagore exponent and cultural activist Sanjida Khatun died at a hospital in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Tuesday.
She was 92.
Sanjida, also the president of cultural organisation Chhayanaut, breathed her last at about 3:10pm, according to a Facebook post聽 of Chhayanaut.
Chhayanaut coordinator Mamunur Rashid said that her body would be brought to Chhayanaut office premises in the capital for paying last respect at about 12 noon on Wednesday.
Born on April 4, 1933, Sanjida Khatun received Ekushey Padak in 1991, Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1998, Rabindra Award in 2010 for her contributions to the cultural arena.
Besides, she received India鈥檚 fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri Award, in 2021.
She began taking singing lessons from famous 鈥榯humri鈥�, a genre of Hindustani classical music, singer Ustad Mohammad Hossain at the age of five and gradually started singing at different programmes aired on radio and television.
She worked at Chhayanaut Sangeet Bidyayatan and Jatiya Rabindra Sangeet Sammilan Parishad as a teacher and an organiser.
Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigosthi and BotTala, meanwhile, expressed sorrow at the death of Sanjida Khatun through separate press releases.
