Noted playwright Mannan Hira passes away
Renowned playwright and a legendary figure of the country’s street theatre practice Mannan Hira died of cardiac arrest at a city hospital on Wednesday night.
He breathed his last around 8:30pm at Dhaka’s Islami Bank Hospital.
Bangladesh Pothonatok Parishad general secretary Ahammed Gias confirmed the matter.According to his close aides, Hira had been suffering from cardiac related complications for years. Earlier, he was admitted to hospitals for several times and recovered.
He was doing well in the recent months but he suddenly fell ill on Wednesday night in his Malibagh residence. Immediately he was taken to the hospital where doctors declared him dead.