Ekushey Padak winning journalist and columnist Ranesh Maitra has passed away in a city hospital.
The 90-year-old breathed his last at Popular Hospital in the early hours of Monday.
Ranesh Maitra left behind his wife Purabi Maitra, two sons, three daughters and a host of relatives and well-wishers.
Deputy Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad Md Shamsul Haque Tuku expressed his condolences at the demise of Maitra.
Born on October 4 in 1933 in Nahata village of Rajshahi district, Maitra completed his IA in 1955 and BA in 1959 from Govt Edward College in Pabna.
He started his career as a journalist in the weekly newspaper ‘Noubelal’ published from Sylhet in 1951.
He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2018 for his contribution in journalism.
