Taramon Bibi hospitalised again

Bir Protik Taramon Bibi, of Kurigram's Rajibpur upazila, was admitted to Rangpur Combined Military Hospital (CMH) with dyspnoea complications yesterday morning.

Rajibpur Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Delwar Hossain said, “I advised her family members to immediately admit Taramon Bibi to Rangpur CMH when they brought her to me at Thursday late night.

Quoting her son Abu Taher, Kurigram Deputy Commissioner Abu Saleh Mohammad Ferdous Khan said Taramon's condition is improving now.

Bir Protik Taramon Bibi fought against the Pakistani Army in the Liberation War in her village home in Shankar Madhabpur Kurigram. She was in Sector 11 under the leadership of sector commander Abu Taher, Bir Uttam. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Government honoured her with the Bir Protik title in 1973, for her courageous role in resisting the Pakistan occupation force with weapons.