Music director Prithwi Raj passes away

Young music director Prithwi Raj passed away in Dhaka early today. He was 34.

His brother Ritu Raj informed about his death through a Facebook post this morning, reports Bangla daily Prothom Alo.

He went to his Dhanmondi studio last night, the daily quoted his friends as saying.

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Finding no response till 12:30am, his family members rushed there and found Prithwi unconscious, the daily reports.

Later he was taken at City Hospital where doctors declared him dead around 4:00am, it said.

He also worked at ABC radio.