He breathed his last at 11.00am at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.

Singer Fakir Alamgir confirmed the news. 

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina mourned his death and sought eternal peace of the departed soul.

The Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra musician was closely associated with the film industry and worked as a playback singer and lyricist in many short films and feature films produced in Dhaka and Kolkata.

He won the Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin award in 2007 and the World Master Certificate award the same year in South Korea.