Senior journalist and business editor of The Daily Observer Nizam Uddin Ahmed was buried at his family graveyard in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram district on Wednesday.
The burial took place after his namaz-e-janaza at the Chunati Sufi Miyaji Para Eidgah Maidan after Maghrib prayers.
Leaders of the newly elected committee of the Chittagong Union of Journalists (CUJ), along with leaders from the BFUJ and Chittagong Journalists Housing Society, were present during the burial.
They also expressed their heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for the eternal peace of the deceased.
Senior journalist Nizam Uddin Ahmed passes away
Meanwhile, Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) expressed deep shock at the death of freedom fighter Nizam Uddin Ahmed.
Fondly remembering journalist Nizam Uddin's close attachment with the DCAB as an all-time well-wisher, DCAB President AKM Moinuddin and General Secretary Md Arifuzzaman Mamun expressed profound shock at his sudden death and offered prayers for the eternal peace of his departed soul.
"We, the DCAB family, are heartbroken at this irreplaceable loss. Our deepest condolences to the bereaved family, and may his soul rest in eternal peace," they said in a message of condolence.