Shyamoli Nasrin Chowdhury (born 22 April 1942) is a Bangladeshi educationist. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2001 by the

Government of Bangladesh The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Con ...

Career

Chowdhury joined the Udayan School on February 15, 1966. She later became the principal of the school. She also served as the Headmistress of Uddipan School. She is the president of the executive committee of Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha.

Personal life

On December 22, 1965, Shyamoli Chowdhury married

AFM Alim Chowdhury Abul Fayez Mohammad Abdul Alim Chowdhury (1928–1971) was an eye specialist in Bangladesh. He was abducted by the Al-Badr militia as part of a plan to kill the renowned intellectuals of the country and was found dead on December 18, 1971, at Rayer ...

, an ophthalmologist. He was abducted and later killed by Jamaat's militia wing

Al-Badr Al Badr is a village in Mecca Province, in western Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making ...

militants on December 15, 1971. In 2013, she testified as the 13th witness against Motiur Rahman Nizami standing trial for charges of crimes against humanity at International Crimes Tribunal. She alleged Moulana Abdul Mannan, an organizer of Al-Badr, was in conspiration of killing her husband. Chowdhury had two daughters including Farzana Choudhury Nipa. She later married Hafiz, the younger brother of Alim Chowdhury.

Awards

* Ekushey Padak, 2001 * Agrani Bank Shishu Academy Child literature Award, 2017

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chowdhury, Shyamoli Nasrin Living people Bangladeshi educators Recipients of the Ekushey Padak 1942 births