Actor Farooque in critical state
Desk Report || risingbd.com
Published: 21:02, 5 April 2021
Update: 21:17, 5 April 2021
Popular film actor and ruling Awami League lawmaker for Dhaka-17 Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque’s condition deteriorated.
Zayed Khan, general secretary of Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association, confirmed it to risingbd around 8:00pm on Monday (April 8).
Farooque is currently taking treatment at ICU of Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore.
Earlier on March 4, the actor was flown to Singapore for better treatment. He was diagnosed with Tuberculosis on March 13.
Farooque has acted in more than 150 films. He received National Film Award in Best Actor in a Supporting Role Category for the film ‘Lathial’ in 1975 and in Lifetime Achievement Category in 2016.
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