Bangladeshi lyricist and astrologer Kausar Ahmed Chaudhury, whose songs dominated the hit lists of the 80s and the 90s, has died at the age of 77 under hospital care in Dhaka.
He breathed his last around 9:40pm Tuesday (22 February) at a clinic in Dhaka, citing his son Ahmed Safi Chaudhury.
He gained fame as an astrologer for his regular horoscope readings and satire articles.
Kausar Ahmed Chaudhury also penned a number of songs that became immensely popular. He also wrote a few scripts for TV dramas and directed many of them.
Kausar Ahmed Chaudhury has been a known figure in Bangladesh for decades for his regular horoscope readings on Ajker Rashi, Prothom Alo.