<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Rebecca Momin, a lawmaker from Netrokona-4 constituency, passed away this morning. She was 76.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She breathed her last around 4:30 am while undergoing treatment at Square Hospital in Dhaka, Mohanganj Upazila Parishad Chairman and upazila Awami League's General Secretary Shahid Iqbal confirmed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She had been suffering from various old age complications for several years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rebecca Momin was a three-time MP, nominated by Awami League for Netrokona-4 (Madan-Mohanganj-Khaliajuri) constituency.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She was the wife of Liberation War organiser Abdul Momin, who was also a presidium member of Awami League.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hailing from Netrokona's Mohanganj upazila, the veteran politician is survived by a daughter and a host of well-wishers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rebecca, who started her journey in politics as the vice-president of Rajshahi University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League in the 1960s, held various positions in the party throughout her long political career. She was also a former member of the Netrokona district Awami League.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 2008, she was elected as a member of parliament for the first time. She was also elected MP in the 10th and 11th Jatiya Sangsad (parliament).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rebecca Momin also served as the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first namaz-e-janaza for Rebecca Momin was held at Baitul Aman Jame Masjid in Dhaka's Dhanmondi at 10 am and the second janaza was set to be held at Muktapara field in Netrokona at 2:30 pm.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After the third namaz-e-janaza at 6 pm at her residence in Mohanganj Kajiati, Rebecca Momin will be buried there next to her husband's grave. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>