Renowned journalist and writer Rahat Khan breathed his last at 8:30 pm at his Eskator Garden residence on Friday. He was 79.
He will be laid to rest in Banani graveyard on Saturday.
He joined the Bengali daily newspaper, The Daily Ittefaq as an assistant editor in 1969. He spent four decades in the newspaper and eventually became its editor. Later, he served as board of directors of the national news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). In March 2016, Rahat Khan was appointed as chairman of the board of BSS.
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have mourned his death and expressed condolence to his family.Source: The Independent
