He died at Dhaka’s BIRDEM Hospital at 1pm Tuesday, Belayet Hossain Mamun, president of Moviyana Film Society, told bdnews24.com. A pioneer of the film society movement, Khasru’s involvement with the cinema in Bangladesh stretches past 50 years. Khasru also played an important role in the formation of the Bangladesh Film Archive in 1978. Khasru was the editor of a number of cinema-related publications including Dhrupadi, Chalachitrapatra and Camera Jokhon Rifle. Even though he could not manage to make his own film, Khasru is credited as an inspiration by a number of prominent Bangladeshi filmmakers including Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier.

Source: bd News24 February 19, 2019 09:33 UTC