Tele Samad passes away

Renowned actor and comedian Tele Samad died at a city hospital on Saturday. He was 74, reports UNB.

Tele Samad breathed his last in the city's Square Hospital in the noon, said Zayed Khan, general secretary of Bangladesh Film Artistes' Association.

The actor was admitted to the hospital on December 04 with difficulty in food ingestion due to low count of platelet in his blood.

The popular actor was born on January 8, 1945 in Munshiganj.

Tele Samad made his debut in a 1973 film Kar Bou. He got his breakthrough in the film Noyonmoni, directed by Amzad Hossain.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed on Saturday deep shock and sorrow at the death of renowned actor and comedian Tele Samad.