Renowned cultural personality Mustafa Monwar, 89, has been on life support at Square Hospital since Saturday night as he has been suffering from respiratory problems and other old-age complications.
After complications from a stroke and brain hemorrhage, he was put on life support, the Daily Star reported citing his family sources.
He was awarded Ekushey Padak for his contributions to fine arts.
As a former director general of Bangladesh Television, he played a crucial role in the resistance to Pakistani rule and participated in the independent struggle as an active personality in the Bangladesh Betar programmes in 1971 from Kolkata.
He was jailed in 1952 for drawing anti-Pakistan cartoons during the Language Movement.
Monwar graduated from Kolkata Art College before migrating to Dhaka and joining the Dhaka Art College as a lecturer.
