Dilara Hafiz, wife of Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, died while undergoing treatment in Singapore today. She was 78.She breathed her last at Singapore General Hospital at 1:29pm local time.She is survived by her husband, a son, a daughter, grandchildren, and many admirers.A career educator, Dilara Hafiz served as principal of Eden Mohila College and Suhrawardy College.She later retired as director general of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education under the Ministry of Education.

The information was confirmed by Sayrul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP media cell.

He said the body will be brought back to Bangladesh tomorrow evening.Her first namaz-e-janaza will be held at 11:00am on March 30 at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad.

A second janaza will be held at the central mosque in the cantonment after Zuhr prayers.She will later be laid to rest at Banani Military Graveyard.

Dilara Hafiz, who died today, was born on January 2, 1949, in Sunamganj to Mohammad Abul Hossain Chowdhury and Karimunnesa Khatun Chowdhury.

She obtained her BA (Honours) in History from the University of Dhaka in 1968 and completed her master’s degree the following year.