Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- In August 2011, two of Bangladesh's iconic media figures - Tareque Masud and Ashfaque Munier were killed in a tragic road accident. Both men were working on the film Paper Flower which would have dealt with the Partition of India. Tareque Masud was Bangladesh's most celebrated independent film maker. Ashfaque Munier, who was commonly known as Mishuk Munier, was an international cinematographer, media specialist, broadcast journalist and the son of the martyred intellectual Munier Chowdhury.
The road crash which resulted in their deaths sparked nationwide concern over the increasing number of accidents on Bangladesh's highways. A case was lodged in the courts by Tareque Masud's American wife Catherine to demand compensat...
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