UNB, Dhaka :Renowned sculptor Novera Ahmed, the first modern sculptor of Bangladesh, died at a hospital in Paris on Wednesday. She was 85.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Press Secretary AKM Shameem Chowdhuri confirmed her death.The Prime Minister expressed deep shock at the death of the eminent sculptor.In a condolence message, Sheikh Hasina said Novera’s death is a great loss to the whole nation.The Prime Minister prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul and expressed her sympathy to the bereaved family members.Novera Ahmed was born in 1930 in Kolkata. She studied in Calcutta and Comilla, and was awarded a Diploma in Design in the Modeling and Sculpture course from Camberwell School of Art in London in 1955.At one stage in her career, Novera collaborated with Hamidur Rahman and was credited with the original design of the Central Shaheed Minar.
