Renowned Bangladeshi folk singer Farida Parveen has passed away. She breathed her last at 10:15 pm on Saturday at the age of 73. The news of her death was confirmed by Ashish Kumar Chakraborty, Managing Director of Universal Medical College Hospital. Parveen leaves behind her husband and four children. Widely celebrated as the “Queen of Lalon Songs,” her passing marks the end of an era in Bangladeshi music. (Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un).