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Journalist Ranesh Maitra passes away

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Journalist Ranesh Maitra passes away
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Ekushey Padak winning journalist and columnist Bir Muktijoddha Ranesh Maitra passed away.

He was 90 and breathed his last at Popular Hospital in the early hours on Monday.

Ranesh Maitra left behind his wife Purabi Maitra, two sons, three daughters and a host of relatives and well-wishers.

Deputy Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad Md Shamsul Haque Tuku expressed his condolences at the demise of Maitra.

Born on October 4 in 1933 in Nahata village of Rajshahi district, Maitra completed his IA in 1955 and BA in 1959 from Govt Edward College in Pabna.

He started his career as a journalist in the weekly newspaper ‘Noubelal’ published from Sylhet in 1951.

He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2018 for his contribution in journalism.

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