Ekushe Padak winner journalist and Dainik Bangla editor Toab Khan died in a hospital in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday. He was 87.
He was earlier admitted to the United Hospitals in the city where he died at about 12:30 pm on Saturday, said Dainik Bangla executive editor Sharifuzzaman Pintu in a Facebook post.
Born in Satkhira on April 24, 1934, Toab Khan started journalism in 1953.
He worked for Dainik Sangbad and Dainik Pakistan. He was a press secretary to the then prime minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Later, he served as a chief information officer and director general of the Press Institute of Bangladesh.
Toab Khan served as the advisory editor of the Daily Janakantha.
He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2016 for his outstanding contribution to journalism.
