Journalist Hassan Shahriar laid to eternal rest
Veteran journalist and past Jatiya Press Golf club (JPC) president Hassan Shahriar was laid to eternal rest at Rayerbazar Graveyard on the capital on Saturday night.
He was laid to rest following the second namaj-e-janaza after Magreb prayers.
Earlier, his first namaj-e-janaza was held at Jatiya Press Golf club premises after Asr prayers.
The janaza was attended by his very long time colleagues and leaders of diverse journalists' organisations. Later, wealthy tributes were paid out to him by inserting wreaths on his coffin.
Recalling Hasan Shahriar's contributions to flourish the mass media, they explained his death was an irreparable loss to the country.
Journalist Hasan Shahriar passed on at a city medical center on Saturday morning hours. He was 76.
Shahriar, as well a two-term president of Commonwealth Journalists' Association (CJA), breathed his last in Impulse Hospital around 11:45am in Saturday while underwent treatment there.
The senior journalist was admitted to a healthcare facility around on Friday with various symptoms of coronavirus, including fever, cough and breathing problem.
Hasan Shahriar underwent Covid-19 test a week back but the result arrived negative. "Later, he was admitted to the hospital with 80% broken lungs and serious breathing problem."
Shahriar, a verified bachelor, retired from the Daily Ittefaq simply because its Executive Editor in 2008 soon after serving the newspaper for a long period.
He was the primary editor of the Daily Sun and Chief Editor of Chittagong-based Daily People's View.
Shahriar also worked due to Bangladesh correspondent of international reports magazine Newsweek, Khaleej Circumstances, India's Daily Deccan Herald, The Indian Exhibit and The Asian Years, Pakistan's Morning News, Dawn and Evening Celebrity.
He was also the International President Emeritus of the Toronto-based Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA).
Shahriar was first elected President of the Jatiya Press Golf club management committee for 1993-94 tenure.
