Dhaka: Popular singer Subir Nandi was put on life support after his admission to the coronary care unit (CCU) of Combined Military Hospital (CMH) on Sunday night.

Hospital sources said he was taken to the hospital around 11:25 pm on Sunday after he suffered a heart attack, reports the UNB.

As his condition was critical he was put on life support, said the sources.

Subir Nandi won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer five times for his performance in the films Mahanayak (1984), Shuvoda (1986), SrabonMegher Din (1999), Megher Pore Megh (2004) and MohuaSundori (2015).

He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2019.