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Family friend Delwar Hasan told bdnews24.com that Rahat Khan died at his home in Eskaton, the capital, around 8:30 pm on Friday.
“She has been suffering from heart problems and diabetes for a long time. Also, she had been bedridden for some time due to old age. She also stopped talking for two days.”
Rahat Khan, who has worked for the Ittefaq newspaper for a long time, was the editor of the latest daily news.
‘Amal Dhabal Chakri’, ‘Shadow couple’, ‘City’, ‘O void’, ‘O bird of eternity’, ‘Midfielder’, ‘Ek Priyadarshini’, ‘Cabinet fall’, ‘Two women’, ‘ Noise ‘As novels and storybooks came with their hands.
Rahat Khan received the Ekushey Padak in 1997 for his contribution to literature. Before that, he received the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1973.
Expressing deep sorrow over his death, the president said. In a message, Abdul Hamid said: “In addition to journalism, as a writer, Rahat Khan has made a great contribution to the practice of free will and the development of society. His death is an irreparable loss for the world of journalism and literature ”.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has also expressed deep sorrow over his death, according to the prime minister’s office.
Fiction writer, novelist and journalist Rahat Khan, file photo
Rahat Khan was born on December 19, 1940 in the village of Purba Jawar in Tarail upazila of Kishoreganj.
He began his journalistic career in 1989 at the Daily News. Later he joined the newspaper Ittefaq. There he served as an assistant editor and acting editor for a long time. Dainik Vartan was published in July 2013 under his editorial direction. At the time of his death, he was the editor of the Daily News.
The managing director of the Bangla Academy, Habibullah Siraj, told bdnews24.com that Rahat Khan has contributed to Bengali literature in both branches of short stories and novels.
“In his early life, he wrote ‘Dilur Galpa’ for teenagers. After the publication of that book, he gained immense popularity. I remember the literary conference held at the Bangla Academy in 1964, in which he played the role of general secretary Later, he became a regular contributor to the newspaper Ittefaq in journalism, as well as in short stories and novels. “
The Secretary General of the Awami League, the Minister of Road Transport and Bridges, Obaidul Quader, the Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Shahab Uddin, the Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation, Atiqul Islam, and the Chairman of the Party Jatiya, GM Quader, have expressed their condolences on the death of Rahat Khan.
Delwar Hasan, director of Discovery Publishing and a member of the press club, said that Rahat Khan’s body would be kept in the Bardem cold room on Friday night. He will be buried in the Mirpur Intellectual Cemetery after Janazah at the National Press Club on Saturday morning.
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