UNB, Dhaka :M Nizam Uddin, a Jatiya Press Club member and a consultant editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), died at a hospital in Canada on Wednesday. He was 69.Nizam, who had been undergoing treatment for cancer at Toronto Hospital, breathed his last on Wednesday night, said a Jatiya Press Club press release on Thursday. Nizam, also former chief reporter of the Bangladesh Observer, left behind his wife, two sons and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.Born in Noakhali’s Companyganj, Nizam obtained his master’s degree from Dhaka University in 1970. He started his career in journalism through joining now-defunct The Daily Morning News the same year.Later, he joined the Bangladesh Observer and worked for the daily for a few decades.Nizam had been working as a consultant editor of the official news agency BSS as a consultant editor until his death.The journalist will be buried in Toronto after a namaz-e-janaza on Thursday night.
