Journalist AZM Anas passes away

AZM Anas, economic editor of The Financial Express, died of cardiac arrest this morning. He was 45.

Anas breathed his last around 8:00am at his residence in Dhaka's Dhanmondi area, said family sources.

He left behind his wife, two children and a host of relatives to mourn his death.

Anas, also a member of the Jatiya Press Club and Economic Reporters' Forum (ERF), bagged several national and international awards.

He also worked in The Independent and The New Nation.

ERF General Secretary SM Rashidul Islam expressed shock at his death and prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul.