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Ekushey Award, National Film Award winner, freedom-fighter and noted cultural activist Nasiruddin Yousuff Bachchu has tested positive for Covid-19. The eminent cultural personality was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMU) in the capital on Friday with symptoms of Coronavirus. The test result came out positive on Saturday.
One of the pioneers and most respected personalities in the theatre arena of the country, Nasiruddin Yousuff founded Dhaka Theatre in 1973 and later Bangladesh Gram Theatre along with the late playwright Selim Al Deen.
Yousuff is currently serving Dhaka DocLab as its Chairman, Bangladesh Gram Theatre and Dhaka Theatre as President and Bangladesh Centre of International Theatre (BCITI) as organising secretary, to name a few. A former president of the Sommilito Sangskritik Jote, he has also served as the president and director of the Committee for Cultural Identity and Development (CIDC).
In his illustrious career, Nasiruddin Yousuff received the National Film Award as the Best Director for his critically acclaimed film Guerrilla (2011). He was awarded Ekushey Award by the government in 2010 for his outstanding contribution towards the development of the theatre industry in Bangladesh.
Ekushey Award, National Film Award winner, freedom-fighter and noted cultural activist Nasiruddin Yousuff Bachchu has tested positive for Covid-19. The eminent cultural personality was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMU) in the capital on Friday with symptoms of Coronavirus. The test result came out positive on Saturday.
One of the pioneers and most respected personalities in the theatre arena of the country, Nasiruddin Yousuff founded Dhaka Theatre in 1973 and later Bangladesh Gram Theatre along with the late playwright Selim Al Deen.
Yousuff is currently serving Dhaka DocLab as its Chairman, Bangladesh Gram Theatre and Dhaka Theatre as President and Bangladesh Centre of International Theatre (BCITI) as organising secretary, to name a few. A former president of the Sommilito Sangskritik Jote, he has also served as the president and director of the Committee for Cultural Identity and Development (CIDC).
In his illustrious career, Nasiruddin Yousuff received the National Film Award as the Best Director for his critically acclaimed film Guerrilla (2011). He was awarded Ekushey Award by the government in 2010 for his outstanding contribution towards the development of the theatre industry in Bangladesh.
