DHAKA, July 22, 2021 (BSS) - Journalist Ruhul Quddus Moni died of

COVID-19 yesterday at the age of 66.

   Mufdi Ahmed, a senior member of the National Press Club, confirmed
it to BSS tonight.

   He is survived by his wife, one son and a daughter.

   Ruhul Quddus, a former senior sub-editor of Bangladesh Sangbad
Sangstha (BSS), started his carrier with the weekly 'Pabna Barta' in
1980. He worked with various news outlets including Dainik Dinkal and
Bangla Bazar Patrika.

   He was the founding secretary general of the Bangladesh-South
Africa Maitri Samity. He was also one of the founders of the North
Bengal Journalists Forum.