 Four of Rahmatullah's songs were selected in a BBC survey of 20 greatest Bangla songs of all times.Rahmatullah died on 23 March 2019 of a heart attack at her residence in Baridhara, aged 67.Pakistani journalist, Hamid Mir said, "Shahnaz Begum passed away in Bangladesh on March 23 when many Pakistanis were listening to her famous song Sohni Dharti Allah Rakhay on Pakistan day."