Shyamoli Nasrin Chowdhury | |
Birth Date: | 22 April 1942 |
Birth Place: | Sherpur, Bengal, British India (now Mymensingh, Bangladesh) |
Awards: | Ekushey Padak |
Occupation: | school academic |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Shyamoli Nasrin Chowdhury (born 22 April 1942) is a Bangladeshi educationist. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2001 by the Government of Bangladesh.[1]
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.[2]
She is the president of the executive committee of Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha.[3]
On December 22, 1965, Shyamoli Chowdhury married AFM Alim Chowdhury, an ophthalmologist.[2] He was abducted and later killed by Jamaat's militia wing Al-Badr militants on December 15, 1971.[2] In 2013, she testified as the 13th witness against Motiur Rahman Nizami standing trial for charges of crimes against humanity at International Crimes Tribunal.[4] She alleged Moulana Abdul Mannan, an organizer of Al-Badr, was in conspiration of killing her husband.[5]
Chowdhury had two daughters including Farzana Choudhury Nipa.[6] She later married Hafiz, the younger brother of Alim Chowdhury.[2]