Today, Bangladesh bid farewell to one of its most beloved storytellers. Rakib Hasan, the mind behind “Tin Goyenda”, passed away — leaving behind an irreplaceable void in the hearts of countless readers who grew up chasing clues, solving mysteries, and dreaming alongside Kishore, Musa, and Robin.

Veteran Marathi and Hindi film actor Achyut Potdar, best remembered for his role as the strict professor in “3 Idiots”, has died at the age of 91. He passed away on Monday (18 August), at Jupiter Hospital in Thane, where he had been admitted due to health complications. The exact cause of death has not yet been disclosed. His funeral will be held today in Thane.

Kazi Anirban, the grandson of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, passed away on Wednesday (October 3) in Switzerland due to a heart attack. He was the eldest son of Kazi Aniruddha, the rebel poet’s youngest child.

Coppola, renowned as a documentary filmmaker, received an Emmy in 1992 for "Hearts of Darkness," a film that explored the notoriously difficult production of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s "Apocalypse Now”.

The global fashion industry was shocked to learn of Paco Rabanne’s passing on Friday, 3 February, in Portsall, France.

Internationally-acclaimed Bangladeshi artist Kalidas Karmakar passes away at a private hospital in Dhaka.

He was a member of the special squad that shook the confidence of the Pakistan occupation army and unnerved them using clandestine commando attacks during the 1971 Liberation War.

With Tk 350 in pocket, he had set out to pursue his childhood dream of becoming an industrialist in early 60s. He turned down a

Energy and Mineral Resources Division Secretary Abu Bakar Siddique died of cardiac arrest at Square Hospital in the capital early today at the age of 58.