Musician Ayub Bachchu plays his guitar at a Pahela Boishakh show in 2014.

Ayub Bachchu plays his guitar at a 2015 Internet Week event.

Ayub Bachchu was as well known for his vocal performances as his skill with the guitar. The photo shows the musician performing at a Pahela Boishakh event at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in 2018. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Guests attend a Meet the Press event organised by e-commerce company Daraz at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel on Thursday to discuss the world’s largest online sales day 11.11, which is being held in Bangladesh for the first time. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Daraz BD Managing Director Syed Mostahidul Hoq speaks at a press conference organised by the e-commerce company at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel on Thursday to discuss the world’s largest online sales day 11.11, which is being held in Bangladesh for the first time. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Guests attend a seminar on gender equality and the challenges and opportunities of adapting agriculture to climate change for rural woman at Dhaka’s CIRDAP auditorium on Thursday.

Food Minister Md Qamrul Islam speaks at a high-level seminar on Bangladesh’s development goals and food right laws at Dhaka’s CIRDAP auditorium on Thursday.

The passing of Ayub Bachchu brought many fans and members of the music scene to Square Hospital on Thursday.

The passing of Ayub Bachchu brought many fans and members of the music scene to Square Hospital on Thursday.

The passing of Ayub Bachchu brought many fans and members of the music scene to Square Hospital on Thursday.

Two suspected female militants from the Nilufa Villa building in Narsingdi’s Madhabdi are transferred to a vehicle by SWAT team members on Tuesday after they surrendered. Photo: Obaidur Masum

Technicians working at the CNG Conversion and Testing Workshop of the state-owned Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Limited at Rayerbagh in Dhaka on Wednesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

A view of the CNG Conversion and Testing Workshop of the state-owned Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Limited and the Department of Explosives at Rayerbagh in Dhaka on Wednesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Different streets of the capital, such as these in Mohakhali, were severely gridlocked on Wednesday evening. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Different streets of the capital, such as these in Mohakhali, were severely gridlocked on Wednesday evening. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Different streets of the capital, such as these in Mohakhali, were severely gridlocked on Wednesday evening. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A child symbolising the living image of the goddess Durga receives prayers at Dhaka’s Ramkrishna Mission on Wednesday, the Durga Puja Maha Ashtami. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Devotees worship at Dhaka’s Ramkrishna Mission on Wednesday, the Durga Puja Maha Ashtami. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

The Kumari Puja is held at the Ramkrishna Mission in Dhaka on the Durga Puja Maha Ashtami on Wednesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin