Entertainment Report :
Popular TV actress and host Tazin Ahmed was buried in the city’s Banani graveyard on Wednesday afternoon.
She was laid to rest at her father’s grave at about 2:50pm following a namaz-e-janaza at Gulshan Azad Mosque after Zohr prayers.
Tazin died of cardiac arrest at Regent Hospital in Uttara on Monday afternoon. She was taken to the hospital around 12 noon after a cardiac arrest at her Uttara residence. She was kept on life support for several hours. Relatives of Tazin informed that she suffered from Asthma.
Tazin Ahmed made her mark in many fields — ranging from performances in theatre and small screen to journalism, playwright, TV anchoring and directing.
After, completing her Masters from Department of Mass Communications and Journalism at University of Dhaka, she joined the daily Bhorer Kagoj in 1994. She took up a job with Prothom Alo in 1997 and became a staff reporter in 1998. She was also a columnist for Anondo Bhubon and a freelance contributor to Bangla Bazar.
Tazin joined Mercantile Bank as a public relations officer in 2002 and took up the mantle of programme executive with Ntv one year later.
She entered the small screen in 1996 through her mother’s production house and became associated with theatre troupe Natyojon. She was a member of Aronyak troupe till her death. Recently Tazin had joined a political party named National Democratic Party (NDP), headed by Bobby Hajjaj.
