DHAKA, Dec 25, 2021 (BSS) - Jatiya Press Club's former president and

renowned senior journalist Riaz Uddin Ahmed passed away at a city hospital
this afternoon after being infected with Covid-19 at the age of 76.

   Ahmed, the Ekushey Award winning eminent journalist, breathed his last at
the United Hospital in the city around 1:30 pm, press club's general secretary
Elias Khan said.

   He is survived by a son, a daughter and a host of relatives and admirers.

   Ahmed, also former president of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists
(BFUJ), was infected with Covid-19 several days ago.

   Later, he was admitted to the United Hospital as his oxygen level dropped.
Then, he had been shifted to the hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

   His namaz-e-janaza will be held on the press club premises at 11 am
tomorrow.