Suraiya Ahsan passes away

Suraiya Ahsan breathed her last at Queens General Hospital, New York, on Friday, aged 80, says a press release.

She left behind two sons -- physician Saiful Islam, and actor Jeetu Ahsan.

Suraiya was born on November 21, 1938, in Diamond Harbor, Kolkata. She grew up in Kolkata, Rajshahi, Pabna and Dhaka.

She did her schooling at St Francis Xaviers School, Holy Cross College, and completed her MA in English at Dhaka University.

She taught at Holy Cross School, Udayan School (then English Preparatory School), and Eden College. She became an English teacher at Sunbeams School in 1977.

Her first namaz-e-janaza was held on Saturday at Jamaica Muslim Center in New York and the second one will be held tomorrow after Asr prayers at Baitul Aman Mosque in Dhanmondi-7, Dhaka.