Panna Kaiser

Panna Kaiser
পান্না কায়সার
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Women's Reserved Seat–27
In office
14 July 1996 – 13 July 2001
Succeeded bySelima Rahman
Personal details
BornSaifunnahar Chowdhury
(1950-05-25)25 May 1950
Barura Upazila, Comilla District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Died4 August 2023(2023-08-04) (aged 73)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
PartyBangladesh Awami League
Spouse
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(m. 1969; he disappeared in 1971)​
Children
RelativesAQM Badruddoza Chowdhury (brother-in-law)[1]

Panna Kaiser (25 May 1950 – 4 August 2023) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of Jatiya Sangsad selected for the women's reserved seats during 1996–2001.[2][3] She was awarded 2021 Bangla Academy Literary Award in the research on liberation war category.[4]

Early life and career

Panna Kaiser was born Saifunnahar Chowdhury on 25 May 1950 to Mosleh Uddin Chowdhury and Mendia Khatun Chowdhury.[5][6][7] She completed her master's in Bengali literature from the University of Dhaka in 1969.[7] In 1996, she was selected as one of the 30 reserved seats for women to serve as a member of parliament. She contributed to a child organization named Khelaghar and engaged in various social activities, cultural events and writeups.[8]

Personal life and death

Chowdhury married Shahidullah Kaiser, a writer and a journalist on 17 February 1969.[7] He was abducted forever from his home on 14 December 1971 by the paramilitary Al-Badr.[2][9] Her daughter, Shomi Kaiser, is an actress, and her son, Amitav Kaiser, a banker.[7]

Panna Kaiser died in Dhaka on 4 August 2023, at the age of 73.[6]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Anwar Parvez Halim (28 May 2011). "All in the family". Bengali News from Washington D.C. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Mainuddin, Ashraf killed my husband: Panna Kaiser". risingbd.com. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "5-member panel of chairmen". The Daily Star. 15 January 1998. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  4. ↑ বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার যারা পাচ্ছেন. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 23 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  5. ↑ পান্না কায়সার. priyo.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Former MP Panna Kaiser passes away". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Sazzad Kadir (10 January 2016), Sazzad Kadir with Panna Kaiser at "Keertymaner Galpokatha" programme on BTV., retrieved 17 February 2018
  8. ↑ "List of 7th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Fearless for four decades". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  10. ↑ বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার পেলেন ১৫ জন. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 23 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  11. ↑ বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার পেলেন যারা. Jugantor (in Bengali). Retrieved 23 January 2022.


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