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Veteran journalist Reazuddin Ahmed no more

FE ONLINE DESK | Saturday, 25 December 2021


Reazuddin Ahmed, a senior journalist and former president of the Jatiya Press Club, died from COVID-related complications at the age of 76.

Ahmed passed away during treatment at United Hospital in the capital around 1:30pm on Saturday, according to M Abdullah, president of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists, reports bdnews24.com.

Ahmed, former editor and publisher of The News Today, had been in hospital care since December 9 after contracting COVID-19.

He received the Ekushey Padak in 1993 for his contributions to journalism.