Papia Sarwar no more

Ekushey Padak-winning Rabindra Sangeet artiste Papia Sarwar has died. She breathed her last while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Dhaka at around 8am on Thursday. She was 72. 

Confirming the matter, her husband Sarwar Alam said her body would be kept at the morgue and buried after Jumma prayers on Friday at the Banani Graveyard. 

Papia Sarwar has been suffering from cancer for several years. 

Born in Barishal, Papia Sarwar was a student of the Department of Zoology at the University of Dhaka. Later, in 1973, she earned a degree in Rabindra Sangeet at Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan.

Papia Sarwar founded a music group called Geetsudha in 1996.

She received the Rabindra Award from Bangla Academy in 2013. 

Papia Sarwar was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2021 for her outstanding contribution to music.