Journalist Aziz Ahmed dies of COVID-19 in Sylhet

Aziz Ahmed Selim, a senior journalist and former president of Sylhet Press Club, died of COVID-19 in Sylhet on Sunday night, reports UNB.

He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Sylhet at 8:30pm, said Shah Didar Alam, general secretary of Sylhet Press Club.

Aziz, also Sylhet correspondent of Bangladesh Television, was admitted to CMH on 8 October after being infected with COVID-19, Alam said.

Ahmed Selim was also the chief editor of local daily Uttorpurbo.