Meher Kabir, wife of late National Professor Kabir Chowdhury, passed away at BIRDEM Hospital in Dhaka yesterday, aged 99, said a press release.

She left behind two daughters and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn her death.

Meher was buried at Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard beside her husband's grave following a namaz-e-janaza. 

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock at her death.

The premier prayed for the eternal peace of the deceased and conveyed sympathy to the bereaved family.