Journo Mir Bashir Uddin Jewel passes away

Munshiganj Press Club President Mir Bashir Uddin Jewel passed away at the age of 52 early yesterday.

He breathed his last around 1:30am while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in Dhaka after suffering a cardiac arrest, said family members.  Jewel was serving as the Munshiganj district correspondent of Maasranga Television and The Daily Ittefaq.