Gouri Rani Sarker dies

Gouri Rani Sarker (Roy), a well known social worker and mother-in-aw of columnist, author and UK-based environment expert Dr Kanan Purkayastha, passed away on Friday night at her Gopibag house in Dhaka city due to an old age complications. She was 72 and had had her professional career at Jiban Bima Coorporation, Dhaka. Her cremation took place at Postogola crematorium on Saturday morning. She left behind a daughter, a son, three grandchildren and a host of relatives to mourn her death.