Zinnatunnessa Talukdar Explained

Zinatun Nesa Talukdar
Native Name:	জিনাতুন নেসা তালুকদার
Native Name Lang:	bn
Office:	State Minister of Primary and Mass Education
Term Start:	1 January 1998
Term End:	15 July 2001
Office1:	Deputy Minister of Primary and Mass Education
Term Start1:	23 June 1996
Term End1:	31 December 1997
Party:	Bangladesh Awami League
Nationality:	Bangladeshi
Birth Date:	1947
Death Place:	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nickname:	Zinatunnesa

Zinatun Nesa Talukdar (1947 – 29 October 2023) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who was the state Minister of Primary and Mass Education.^[1] She also served as the State Minister of Women and Children Affairs. She was one of the three female ministers out of 43 cabinet ministers in the First Sheikh Hasina Cabinet during 1996–2001.^{[2] [3]}

Talukdar was awarded by the Government of Bangladesh a Begum Rokeya Padak in 2018.^[4]

Death

Talukdar died from heart and lung disease in Dhaka, on 29 October 2023, at the age of 76.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 6 new ministers take oath, 2 promoted. The Daily Star. 9 October 2016. 1 January 1998.
2. Web site: Representation of women reduced to half. GulfNews. 9 October 2016. 14 October 2001.
3. Web site: Achievements - Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce & Industry. 9 October 2016. 26 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161026075036/http://rajshahichamber.com/achivements. dead.
4. Web site: Be responsible towards family. 10 December 2018. The Daily Star. en. 9 December 2019.
5. Web site: Former state minister Zinatunnesa Talukdar passes away News . 29 October 2023 . BSS.