Dhaka: Humayun Ahmed, one of the most successful and popular contemporary Bangladeshi writers and filmmakers, breathed his last on 19 July 2012.

On the occasion of his third death anniversary, different socio-cultural organisations have planned elaborate programmes. Private television channels will air various programmes including drama in memory of Humayun Ahmed.

The celebrity writer died at a hospital in the USA at the age of 64.

Born in Mymensingh in 1948, Ahmed graduated from Dhaka University and later joined the university as a lecturer of Chemistry. Later he became a fulltime writer and filmmaker.

Humayun Ahmed won prestigious Bangla Academy Award in 1981, Ekushey Padak in 1994 and three National Film Awards (best story in 1993, best film 1994 and best dialogue in 1994).