Senior journalist and special correspondent of Daily Rupali Bangladesh Laykuzzaman died of cardiac arrest on Saturday evening.
He breathed his last around 6:15 pm while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in the capital.
Rupali Bangladesh’s senior reporter SJR Sumon told the media that Laykuzzaman complained of chest pain while on duty in the office in the afternoon.
Later, colleagues rushed him to the Heart Institute, where doctors declared him dead.
He left behind his wife, two daughters and a host of relatives and well-wisher to mourn his death.
Laykuzzaman worked with Daily Kalerkantho, Daily Manab Zamin and Shokaler Khabor.