Moazzem Hossain Nannu, a crime reporter of Daily Jugantor, succumbed to his burns at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka on Saturday morning.
He breathed his last at 8:20am while undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the institute.
Dr Samanta Lal Sen, coordinator of the institute, confirmed the death to Jago News.
On Friday, Nannu sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at his Aftabnagar house in the capital.
Earlier on January 2, Nannu’s son Swapnil Ahmed Piash, 24, died after a fire broke out in their house.