Afsana Mimi made Shilpakala Academy director

The government has appointed veteran television actress-director Afsana Mimi as director of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on a contractual basis for three years.

Shilpakala Academy’s public relations officer Hasan Mahmud confirmed the news to The Business Post on Saturday.

The government confirmed her appointment in a gazette notification issued on November 11.

Besides Mimi, Syeda Mahbuba Karim also has been appointed as a director of the Shilpakala Academy.

Afsana Mimi, also a theatre personality, shot to fame through appearing in writer-filmmaker Humayun Ahmed’s popular TV play ‘Kothao Keu Nei’ in 1990.

She started directing TV plays in 2000.

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