Samela Khatun, mother of Rafiqul Islam, a senior staff reporter of daily Samakal and vice-president of Bangladesh Sports Press Association, passed away at her residence in Faridpur on Saturday due to old age complications at the age of 81, says a press release.
She left behind her six sons and three daughters to mourn her death.
She was buried at her family graveyard at Saothar village of Bhanga upazila in Faridpur yesterday.
Bangladesh Sports Press Association condoled her death.