Sports journalist Arnab Majumder passes away

Dhaka  — Sports journalist Arnab Majumder Dipayan died on Friday afternoon at the age of 27. He has been working for bdnews24.com since last October.Nikhil Majumder, his uncle, told the media that Arnab complained of stomachache at noon and called his mother, a retired nurse in Netrokona.

Arnob was going to a pharmacy to buy medicine but fainted on the road. Locals brought him to KC Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.

“He died before he was brought here,” Dr Khalid Hasan, the Emergency Care Specialist of KC Hospital, told the media. His death came as a shock to his colleagues.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has mourned his loss. A condolence message was displayed on the giant screen during the second Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) game of the day on Friday.UNB