Staff Reporter

Noted playwright and professor of the Department of Drama and Dramatics Selim Al-Din breathed his last at the city’s Lab Aid Cardiac Hospital yesterday. He was 59.
The critically ill playwright was scheduled to be shifted to a hospital in Bangkok by an air ambulance yesterday afternoon for better treatment in Thailand.
Cardiologist Prof APN Sohrabuzzaman and Sanmilito Sangskritik Jote President Nasiruddin Yusuf Bacchu confirmed the death of Selim Al-Din at 2:10pm yesterday. [Read more]