Popular playwright and director Mohon Khan passed away on Tuesday night. He was 65.

He breathed his last at about 12 midnight while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka.

Mohon Khan had been undergoing treatment for a long time.

He left behind his wife, a son and a daughter.

He was buried at Azimpur graveyard on Wednesday afternoon after a namaz-e-janaza at Lalmatia Shahi Jame Mosque.

Mohon Khan has directed over 500 dramas and written around 200 of them. Those include 'Samudre Gangchil,' 'Sei Aamra,' 'Nirer Khonje Gangchil' 'Jege Otho Samudra' and 'Angur Lota.' BTV's popular drama, "Titir o Shankhachil", was written by him.

BDST: 2027 HRS, MAY 31, 2023
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