Painter Qayyum Chowdhury passes away

Celebrated painter Qayyum Chowdhury has died after falling sick at the Bengal Classical Music Festival.
He collapsed on stage around 8:40pm after addressing the audience on the third day of the festival being held at Dhaka’s Army Stadium on Sunday.
Chowdhury, 80, was rushed to the Combined Military Hospital where doctors declared him dead, sources told bdnews24.com.
bdnews24.com correspondent Chintamon Tussher who was covering the festival said Chowdhury had finished his speech but went back to add: “I’ve something I want to say.”
He soon fell unconscious and suffered a bad fall, while Professor Emeritus Anisuzzaman was waiting near the stage to make his speech.