Shawdesh Desk:

Popular Bangladeshi actress Rozina has got a modern mosque constructed in Rajbari district’s Goalanda upazila, her birthplace.

The masjid is named ‘Ten Domes Ma Khadija Jame Mosque’ after her mother.

Former state minister for education and lawmaker of Rajbari-1 constituency, Kazi Keramat Ali, and Rozina jointly inaugurated the newly built mosque on Friday.

Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association president and Nirapad Sarak Chai chairman Ilias Kanchan, Goalanda upazila parishad chairman Mostafa Munshi, upazila nirbahi officer Md Azizul Haque Khan, Goalanda municipality mayor Nazrul Islam Mandal, Goalanda Awami League general secretary Biblab Ghose, among others, were present at the inaugural ceremony.

The 1,600 sq ft mosque has been built in the upazila’s Ghona Para area at a cost of Tk 1.75 crore.

Addressing a gathering at the inaugural function, Rozina said she had taken the decision to construct the mosque in 2018. The construction work of the mosque started on February 3, 2020.

“I have another wish, to establish an eye hospital in Goalanda and name it after my mother. I want cooperation from all people in this regard,” said the National Film Award-winning actress.