Aktari Rahman, elder sister of Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, has passed away. She was 85.

Aktari Rahman, wife of former director of Department of Agriculture Extension late Fazlur Rahman, breathed her last at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka Wednesday afternoon. She was suffering from various old age complications.

Namaz-e-janaza of Aktari Rahman was held at Bashundhara Islamic Research Center Mosque after Zuhr prayers. Later, she was laid to rest at family graveyard at N-Block in Bashundhara Residential Area in Dhaka.

In a message, Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan expressed profound shock at the death of his elder sister. He conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family members and prayed for salvation of the departed soul.

Bashundhara Group in a separate message lamented death of elder sister of its Hon'ble Chairman. All officials expressed dismay at her demise, conveyed deep sympathy to bereaved family members and prayed for salvation of the departed soul.