Once a familiar face on Bangladeshi television, particularly in BTV dramas and literary adaptations, Tonima has shifted her focus entirely to academia. She currently teaches at East West University and says she has found fulfilment in her role as an educator.

The theatre festival and award ceremony will be held on the eve of International Women’s Day at the Mahila Samity’s Nilima Ibrahim Milanayatan, said Sayem Samad, lead artiste of Kanchkhela Repertory Theatre.