Rajib Mir passes away

Mir Mosharraf Hossain aka Rajib Mir. Photo: UNB
Mir Mosharraf Hossain aka Rajib Mir. Photo: UNB

Mir Mosharraf Hossain, also known as Rajib Mir, former teacher of journalism department at Chittagong University and Jagannath University, breathed his last in India early Saturday.

Rajib, a former student of Dhaka University's mass communication and journalism department, was undergoing treatment for liver cirrhosis at a hospital in Chennai, passed away at 1:37am, reports UNB.

Also a writer, researcher and a human rights activist, Rajib Mir left behind his 15-month-old daughter Bibhor and wife Sumona Khan.