The namaj-e-janaza(funeral) of veteran journalist and novelist Rahat Khan was held on the premises of Jatiya(National) Press Club in Dhaka around 11:00 am on Saturday.
He breathed his last at 8:30pm at his Eskaton Garden residence due to old age complications on Friday night.
The body will be buried at the Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard in Mirpur this afternoon.
His wife Oporna Khan confirmed the news to The Business Post on Friday morning.
Rahat Khan was a former editor of The Daily Ittefaq.
Rahat Khan was also a renowned novelist of our country. ‘Omol Dhobol Chakuri’, ‘Ek Priyodorshini’, ‘Sangharsha’, ‘Modhyomather Khelowar’ are some of his famous novels
