DHAKA, March 10, 2024 (BSS) - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of her Press Secretary and former Managing Director and Chief Editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Ihsanul Karim.

In a message of condolence, she said, "Karim had performed his duty with utmost sincerity and devotion as my Press Secretary".

The premier continued: "With his sad demise, the mass media people have lost their colleague and I have lost my trusted officer". 

She prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family.

Ihsanul Karim breathed his last at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital at 8.00 pm today, PM's Deputy Press Secretary MM Emrul Kayas told BSS.

During his long checkered career, he also served as Press secretary of the President of Bangladesh, she said.