Senior journalist and Associate Editor of the daily New Age Humayun Zaman died of cancer Monday evening at a hospital in Dhaka.
Aged 61, he was admitted to Shomorita Hospital, Panthopath, where he was undergoing treatment in a critical condition under Prof Dr Sarwar Alam's supervision.
Son of former BSS Managing Director late Anisuzzaman, he started his career as Sub-Editor at the now-defunct The Bangladesh Times. A student of the Institute of Fine Arts under the University of Dhaka, he later worked in almost all leading English dailies of the country.