He passed away at 7:20 am Tuesday at the capital's Mugda Medical College Hospital, according to Sangbad's News Editor Kazi Rafique. After being hospitalised on Oct 31, Muniruzzaman was placed in intensive care for around two weeks, he said. While he recovered from the coronavirus, Muniruzzaman later died of various other health complications, Sangbad's Managing Editor Kashem Humayun wrote in a post to Facebook. Muniruzzaman's journey in journalism began in 1970 with the Weekly Ekta, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of Bangladesh. Leaders of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists, Dhaka Union of Journalists, National Press Club and Dhaka Reporters' Unity have expressed grief over the death of the acting editor of Sangbad in separate statements.

Source: bd News24 November 24, 2020 05:26 UTC