Afsana Ahmed Shanta, the daughter of late Khurshid Ahmed Khan and the wife of Mr Pear Mahmood, Chief Information Officer Standard Chartered Bank, has passed away at a city hospital. She was 50.
She breathed her last at Evercare Hospital Dhaka last Saturday, according to a press release.
Mrs Shanta is also the only sister of Mr Irteza Ahmed Khan, MD & CEO of Strategic Finance & Investments Limited (SFIL).
She left behind his spouse, two daughters and a host of relatives and well wishers to mourn.
Her family has requested all and sundry to pray for the salvation of her departed soul.