Prithula to be buried in Mirpur graveyard

Prithula Rashid, the co-pilot of the ill-fated US-Bangla Airlines plane that crashed in Nepal, killing 51 persons including 28 Bangladeshis, will be buried in Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' graveyard. 

A third namaz-e-janaza will be held at the base of Asha Tower, Shyamoli, Dhaka, to pray for her departed soul following the second janaza at Bangladesh Army Stadium this afternoon.

Saifur Rahman, her uncle, told The Daily Star that after a third janaza at the base of Asha Tower, she will be buried at Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' graveyard in Dhaka this evening.

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Prithula Rashid, co-pilot of the US-Bangla aircraft that crashed in Nepal on Monday, lived out the dream of her parents, a dream that she too had embraced as a child; she grew up to be a pilot.

Her last flight was the US-Bangla Airlines plane that crashed during landing at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmundu, Nepal, that killed 51 people including 28 Bangladeshis.

The woman, who was the first female pilot of US-Bangla, was very down-to-earth, full of life and optimistic personality, as recalled by her relatives.