Salman-Shah

He made 27 films in three years, changed how a generation of Bangladeshis dressed and spoke, and died at 24. Three decades later, the courts are still arguing about how. Walk into the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation compound in Tejgaon and there is a statue waiting for you. It is of a young man, permanently young, who last stood on that lot in the late summer of 1996 and never came back. Yesterday would have been his 55th birthday. Two weeks ago, marked 30 years since his death....

Despite keeping actor Ashraful Haque Don in custody for five days and questioning him, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has failed to obtain any major information about the mystery surrounding actor Salman Shah’s death. However, the investigation officer in the high-profile case, CID Inspector Md. Mujibur Rahman, believes Don is likely to know many details about the matter as Salman Shah’s co actor and friend. Therefore, he claims that Don has withheld a lot of important infor...

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has filed an application seeking a seven day remand of villain Ashraful Haque Don for three reasons in the murder case of film actor Salman Shah. The case’s investigating officer and CID Police Inspector Md. Mujibur Rahman filed the application on August 20. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana has fixed Thursday for a hearing in the presence of the accused. Court sources confirmed the information on Monday. The application cited three reaso...

The mystery surrounding the death of film actor Salman Shah has once again come under discussion. As the case has been reopened for investigation as a murder case, a number of old pieces of information and testimonies have resurfaced. Villain actor Ashraful Haque Don, one of the accused in the case, has also come into focus. He has already been arrested. A court concerned had imposed a travel ban on the accused in the Salman Shah murder case. However, Don was arrested at the airport while...

A suicide note has surfaced once again on social media. On the morning of September 6, 1996, Salman Shah died at his residence at New Eskaton Garden residential area in the capital. Later, Salman's father, Kamaruddin Ahmed Chowdhury, filed an unnatural death (UD) case at Ramna Police Station. At that time, police recovered a suicide note from Salman's house.The suicide note found by the police read: "I, Chowdhury Mohammad Shahriar, father—Kamaruddin Ahmed Chowdhury, 146/5, Green Road, Dhaka-1215...

A Dhaka court had initially revoked the permission to exhume the remains of film actor Salman Shah from his grave. However, that order has now been reinstated. On Tuesday, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana first issued an order canceling the exhumation application following a petition by the...

The court has revoked its previous order allowing the exhumation of film actor Salman Shah's remains from his grave. On Tuesday, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana issued the order following an application by the plaintiff.The plaintiff's lawyer, Abid Hasan, confirmed the matter. On the day, t...