Jatiya Press Club (JPC) managing committee member and News Editor of NTV Shimanta Khokon passed away at his residence in city’s Chamelibagh area on Tuesday afternoon. He was 51.
Shimanta Khokon had been suffering from colon cancer for last one year, family sources said.
He is survived by wife, a son and a daughter.
He will be buried at his village graveyard in Kishorganj after namaz-e-janaza at JPC and DRU today. In a message of condolence, JPC President Hasan Hafiz and General Secretary Ayub Bhuiyan prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul of Khokon.
They also conveyed profound sympathy to the bereaved family.
Besides, DRU President Syed Shukur Ali Shuvo and General Secretary Mohi Uddin also condoled the death of khokon.
