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Dhaka: Renowned poet and senior journalist Mashuk Chowdhury died of Pneumonia on Tuesday night at the age of 73.<\/p>\nDhaka: Renowned poet and senior journalist Mashuk Chowdhury died of Pneumonia on Tuesday night at the age of 73.<\/p>\n
Masushk Chowdhury, also the Chief News Editor (CNE) of the most circulated Bengali daily newspaper \u201cBangladesh Pratidin\u201d breathed his last around 1:30pm at Rushmono Specialised Hospital in the capital.<\/p>\n
Mashuk Chowdhury left behind his wife, a daughter and host of relatives to mourn his death.<\/p>\n
He has been undergoing treatment at the Pan Pacific Hospital in city\u2019s Shahjahanpur area since June 16 for pneumonia. He had tested negative for coronavirus.<\/p>\n
He was later taken to Rushmono Hospital as his condition deteriorated around 12 am, said Anisur Rahman, a reporter of Bangladesh Pratidin.<\/p>\n
His first namaz-e-janaza was held at Hazipara while his second namaz-e-janaza was held at Uttar\u00a0 Madartek Baitullah Jam-e- mosque in the city on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Later, he was buried at Madartek graveyard.<\/p>\n
Mashuk Chowdhury took journalism as a profession after completion of his Master's Degree from the Bangla Department of the University of Dhaka.<\/p>\n
He worked at different daily nationals of the country. Bangladesh Pratidin was his last house of profession.<\/p>\n
As a poet, Mashuk Chowdhury will be remembered for his poetry book \u201cSwarger Replica\u201d. The other well-known books are–‘Muktijuddha Priyatma Amar', ‘Selected Poems', ‘Atyagasahan' and ‘Nadir Naam Duhsomay'.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dhaka: Renowned poet and senior journalist Mashuk Chowdhury died of Pneumonia on Tuesday night at the age of 73. Masushk Chowdhury, also the Chief News Editor (CNE) of the most circulated Bengali daily newspaper \u201cBangladesh Pratidin\u201d breathed his last around 1:30pm at Rushmono Specialised Hospital in the capital. Mashuk Chowdhury left behind his wife, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":60175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n