Ekushey Padak-winning poet and novelist Asim Saha has died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital in Dhaka, aged 75. Mohammad Nurul Huda, the director general of the Bangla Academy, told bdnews24.com: "I have received the news of Asim Saha's death over the phone. Poet Saha was born on February 20, 1949, at his maternal uncle's house in Netrokona district. After completing his Higher Secondary Certificate exams and graduating from Nazimuddin College in Madaripur, Saha enrolled in the Bangla Department of Dhaka University in 1969. Saha received the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2012 for his contributions to Bengali literature.
