Journalist-columnist Kazi Siraj has died from cardiac failure. He was 70.
He breathed his last at his home in Dhaka`s Banasree at 10pm on Thursday, according to his family.
He is survived by his wife Bulu Akhter, a son and two daughters.
His daughter-in-law `Jesmine` told bdnews24.com that the family took him to Farazy Hospital in the area after the journalist had a fall in the bathroom. But the doctors declared him dead on arrival.
The body was kept at the BIRDEM hospital mortuary. It will be taken to Comilla`s Chouddagram, his ancestral village, for burial after funeral prayers at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Friday morning, the members of his family said.
Kazi Siraj, a cousin of late Jatiya Party leader and former prime minister Kazi Zafar Ahmed, acted as editor of Bangla daily Dainik Dinkal for a long time.
He also worked as Dhaka bureau chief of Dainik Kishan. He had edited weekly Bibartan.
He wrote articles on politics in national dailies. He was also a regular face in TV talk shows.
