The Daily Dinkal acting Editor Dr Rezwan Hossain Siddiqui died on Tuesday night.
He breathed his last at Bangladesh Specialized Hospital in the capital’s Shyamoli around 10:30pm.
Confirming the death to Jago News, Jatiya Press Club Treasurer and Daily Samakal City Editor Shahed Chowdhury, said Rezwan had been suffering from kidney disease for long.
His namaz-e-janaza will be held at the Press Club premises at 12pm on Wednesday, said Shahed.
Rezwan was born at Elasin village in Tangail in 1953.
He started his journalism career at Dainik Bangla in 1972. He served as a Director General of Press Institute Bangladesh (PIB).