Renowned Rabindra Sangeet artist and Ekushey Padak awardee Papia Sarwar has handed away on the age of 72.
She breathed her final at 8am nowadays (12 December) at a deepest well being facility in Dhaka, confirmed her husband, Sarwar Alam to Prothom Alo.
Her physique has been kept within the BIRDEM mortuary, the put this will remain till her funeral.
The funeral prayer is scheduled to be held after Jummah prayers day after nowadays (13 December), following which she’s going to be laid to leisure on the Banani Graveyard.
Papia Sarwar had been struggling with cancer for quite quite a bit of years. She got treatment at a well being facility in Dhaka’s Bashundhara Residential Map final month earlier than being admitted to 1 other private well being facility in Tejgaon for her closing days, stories media.
A cherished resolve in Bangladesh’s cultural panorama, Papia Sarwar’s contributions to Rabindra Sangeet had been unparalleled.
She got the Rabindra Award from Bangla Academy in 2013, used to be honoured with the Bangla Academy Fellowship in 2015, and used to be awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2021.
She is survived by her husband and two formative years.
