Senior journalist Reazuddin Ahmed, former president of Jatiya Press Club, is undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of United Hospital in Dhaka with Covid complications.
In a statement sent to the media, his son M Masrur Reaz, chairman of Policy Exchange of Bangladesh, requested all to pray for the quick recovery of the veteran journalist.
Reazuddin, also the former president of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists and former editor and publisher of News Today, was admitted to the hospital on December 16.
Later on December 19, he was shifted to the ICU after his oxygen level dropped.
Reazuddin received the Ekushey Padak in 1993 for his contribution to journalism.