<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Veteran Bangladeshi actor Sharmili Ahmed has passed away at the age of 75. She breathed her last at her Uttara home at around 8:30am on Friday. Actor Shahed Ali confirmed the news to the media.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>She had been receiving chemotherapy for cancer, Shahed said. “We had hoped that she would make a recovery.”</div><div><br></div><div>Fellow thespians and fans posted numerous tributes following the announcement of Sharmili’s death.</div><div><br></div><div>She would be laid to rest beside her husband in Banani, said her sister Wahida Mollick Jolly, who is also an actor.</div><div><br></div><div>Born on May 8, 1947 in Murshidabad, Sharmili Ahmed started acting in films in 1964.</div><div><br></div><div>She went on to star in around 400 dramas and 150 movies.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>