Shawdesh Desk:

Renowned journalist Abul Hasnat passed away at a city hospital on Sunday morning at the age of 75.

Hasnat, the editor of monthly Kali o Kalam magazine, was suffering from old-age complications and was taken to Anwar Khan Modern Medical College Hospital in the morning where he was pronounced dead at 8:05am.

“With a heavy heart, we are informing that our Hasnat sir passed away this morning,” Golam Sarwar Farouqui, Manager of Operations at Bengal Boi said.

The body of Hasnat, director of Bengal Publications, will be taken to Bengal Shilpalay at Dhanmondi in the capital from 1 to 2pm. From there, the mortal remains will be taken to Chhayanaut.

“The former vice-president of Chhayanaut will be laid to rest at the Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard in Mirpur after his Namaz-e-Janaza at the Baytul Aman Jam-e-Masjid after the Asr prayer,” Farouqui said.

Chhayanaut authorities and board members, including its president Sanjida Khatun, mourned Hasnat’s death.