Entertainment Desk, Bangladesh Global: Popular model and actor Rishta Laboni Shimana passed away on Tuesday morning due to a brain hemorrhage at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). She was 39.
Her brother, Ejaz Bin Ali, and her ex-husband, singer Parvez Sazzad, confirmed the matter.Shimana breathed her last around 6am on Tuesday.
She was admitted to a hospital on May 21 after suffering a brain stroke and was unconscious for the past 14 days. She went through several complications and was put on life support.
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The actor was then admitted to the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital in the capital's Agargaon, where she underwent brain surgery on May 25.
Due to her deteriorating health, she was then moved to BSMMU, where she was put on life support on May 29.
Rishta Laboni Shimana entered the country’s entertainment arena in 2006 with the star-studded Lux-Channel i Superstar competition, which launched the careers of several popular actrors including the winner of that season, Zakia Bari Momo, runners-up Afsana Ara Bindu and Azmeri Haque Badhon, and others.
She appeared in Tauquir Ahmed's film "Daruchini Dwip," which also featured her other contestants from that competition, and gained critical acclaim for her acting.
Since then, Shimana has been a regular in television dramas and series, commercials, and films.
After getting married to the popular singer Parvez Sazzad in 2014, Shimana took a hiatus from the industry for a while in 2016 due to her motherhood. The couple eventually got divorced later.
Shimana got married for the second time in 2019, and the actor returned to the industry last year.
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