Md Nurul Islam passed away at his home at Baro Aulia area in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila on Monday evening.
He was 65.
Nurul Islam was the father of Saiful Islam Shilpi, the Chattogram correspondent of UNB.
Family members said he had been suffering from old age complications and breathed his last around 7:30pm.
He is survived by his wife, five sons and three daughters.
Nurul Islam will be buried at his family graveyard after his namaz-e-janaza on Tuesday morning.
The UNB family expressed deep shock and sorrow at his death.