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Published: 11:03, 5 April 2023
Rokia Afzal Rahman no more
Rokia Afzal Rahman breathed her last in the early morning today. She was 82. The chairperson of Mediaworld Ltd, the owning company of The Daily Star, Rokia passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Mt. Elizabeth Novena Hospital in Singapore.
She left behind three children -- two daughters and a son -- and a host of relatives and admirers to mourn her death.
Her body will be flown back to Bangladesh tomorrow evening, her family members said. Active in business till her demise, Rokia was also director shareholder of Mediastar, and a shareholder director of ABC Radio.
She was also a former adviser to a caretaker government. She was founding president of the Bangladesh Federation of Women Entrepreneurs.
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