Mita Noor | |
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| Died | 1 July 2013 (aged 42) |
| Cause of death | Suicide by hanging |
| Occupation(s) | Model, actress |
| Spouse | Shahanur Rahman Majumder |
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Sabina Yasmin Mita Noor (known as Mita Noor; died 1 July 2013) [2] was a Bangladeshi actress. [1] On 1 July 2013, she committed suicide by hanging herself at her home in Gulshan, Dhaka. [1] [3]
As a child, Noor attended Bulbul Lalitakala Academy to learn Bharatnatyam. [4] She debuted in 1989 with weekly drama Sagar Sechar Swadh on Bangladesh Television. She also took part as a model in TV advertisements. [2] In 2011 she directed one short play Chowngali.
Noor was married to businessman Shahanur Rahman Majumder for 24 years. [1] Together they had two sons - Shehzad Noor Taus and Sadman Noor Tahmud. Taus was on the news when he had created the first-ever Bangladeshi meta-search engine SearchW3.net at the age of 13. [5]
On 1 July 2013, after a history of depression, Noor committed suicide by hanging herself at her home in Gulshan, Dhaka. [1] [3]
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