Senior journalist and former news editor of the national news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Quamrul Islam Chowdhury died from liver ailments at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital on Tuesday. He was 63.
He breathed his last at 8.30pm, a family member said.
Quamrul is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.
A former general secretary of the National Press Club, Quamrul earned his reputation as a financial journalist as he made his debut at the Daily Sangbad while later he emerged as one of the country's leading environmental journalists.
He served as the general secretary and president of the Forum of Environmental Journalists (FEJB) and represented Bangladesh at several international conferences on environment and climate change at home and abroad.
His family sources said they will decide on his burial later.
Quamrul retired from BSS in December last year.