Bangladesh’s national award-winning singer Shammi Akhtar passed away in Dhaka yesterday.
She was 62.
Shammi who had long been suffering from cancer breathed her last at around 4:20pm while being taken to a city hospital, said her husband Akramul Islam, also a singer.
She is survived by her husband and a son.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had also donated 5,00,000 taka for her treatment.
Shammi started her journey with radio in the 1970s while she made her maiden playback in the film in the 1980s with the movie, Oshikhit.
Shammi won the National Film Award in 2010 for her playback in the film Bhalobashlei Ghor Bandha Jay Na.
Shammi Akhtar
