Colleagues, friends and well-wishers paid last respect to journalist Habibur Rahman at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU) on Wednesday followed by his first namaz-e-janaza there. The 35-year-old journalist, also a senior reporter of daily “Shomoyer Alo” died in a motorbike accident in the city’s Hatirjheel area in the early hours of Wednesday. Read: Journalist Reazuddin Ahmed laid to rest Habibur Rahman, a former organising secretary of the DRU, left wife, a two-and-half-year-old son, father, mother and host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death. DRU executive committee led by its President Nazrul Islam Mithu and General Secretary Nurul Islam Hasib paid respect to Habibur Rahman placing wreaths on his coffin. Later, Bangladesh Awami League, Prime Minister’s press wing and journalists’ bodies paid respect to him by placing flowers on his coffin. “Habibur Rahman was a very promising young journalist. He was a good soul,” said the DRU president in his brief speech. DRU general secretary Hasib said they worked together in the executive committee of 2017. “I had seen his organizational capacity, honesty and sincerity. He was a dedicated journalist.”