[1] She was the fifth among the eleven children of the principal of Dhaka College, Jalal Uddin Ahmed and Hasina Begum.

[1] Her elder sister Shamsur Nahar Siddique (born 1929- died 4 August 2017) was the mother-in-law of Bangladesh Awami League politician Sheikh Rehana.

[1] Papon is an Awami League member of parliament and president of Bangladesh Cricket Board.

[4] On 21 August 2004, Rahman was present at an Awami League political rally in Dhaka.

[5] After a speech by the President of Awami League and then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ended, some extremists from Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami launched a co-ordinated grenade attack on the Awami league leaders.