DHAKA, Oct 25, 2023 (BSS) - Director of Public Relation Department of
Parliament Secretariat Labanya Ahmed passed away at 1.30pm today (Wednesday)
at Tata Medical Centre in Kolkata.

She was 58, an official release said.

Labanya Ahmed breathed her last while undergoing treatment at Tata Medical
Centre in Kolkata. She had been suffering from blood cancer since 2018.

She is survived by three sons and a host of relatives and admirers.

Labanya Ahmed performed her duties as a public relation officer with utmost
sincerity and highest professional excellence. She earned love, affection and
respects at her professional arena for her honesty, well-behavior and helping
mindset.

The Parliament Secretariat Director completed her master's degree in Mass
Communication and Journalism Department of Dhaka University. She joined as
assistant director in public relation department of Parliament Secretariat in
1966.

Labanya Ahmed is niece of Shaheed Shahidullah Kaiser and Shaheed Zahir
Raihan. Her father Nasir Ahmed is an organizer and weapon trainer of the
Liberation War and the plaintiff in the intellectual murder case filed in
1972. Her mother Shahensha Begum is a dedicated member of the Ghatak-Dalal
Nirmul Committee.
 
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury expressed deep shock at the death of
Parliament secretariat director Labanya Ahmed.

She prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed profound
sympathy to the bereaved family.