Md Al-Amin, news editor of online news portal thereport24.com, passed away early yesterday at the age of 46.
The family member sources said he breathed his last at the intensive care unit of BIRDEM hospital around 5am, where he had been admitted with cardiac complications on Thursday.
Since Sunday, he was kept on life support at the unit.
His namaz-e-janaza was held on the premise of Al-Markajul Islam in Mohammadpur area in the capital. Later, his body was sent to his village home in Gaibandha for burial. He is survived by his wife and two children.
Meanwhile, in a joint statement, the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists and Dhaka Union of Journalists mourned his death and expressed their sympathy to the aggrieved family members.
Al-Amin was born in Debit Companypara village in 1968 and completed his studies in international relations from Dhaka University.
He served the Daily Star for 17 years. Later, he was the joint news editor of the Daily Sun and planning editor of online news portal primenews.com.
