Senior journo Hassan Shahriar passes away

Hassan Shahriar, a veteran journalist and former Jatiya Press Club (JPC) president, passed away at a city hospital on Saturday. He was 76.
Shahriar, also a two-term international president of Commonwealth Journalists' Association (CJA),
breathed his last at Impulse Hospital around 11:45am while undergoing treatment there, JPC joint secretary Mainul Alam told the news agency.
He said the senior journalist was admitted to the hospital around 1:30 am on Friday with various symptoms of coronavirus, including fever, cough and breathing problem.
Mainual said Shahriar underwent Covid-19 test a week back but the result came out negative. "Later, he was admitted to the hospital with 80 per cent damaged lungs and serious breathing problems."
His namaj-e-janaza was held on the Jatiya Press Club premises after Asr prayers.
Born on April 25, 1946 in Sunamganj, Shahriar joined the Daily Ittefaq in the 60s and later worked for a number of international media outlets.