<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Editor of Dainik Bangla and Ekushey Padak-winning veteran journalist Toab Khan has passed away.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep grief over the death of Toab Khan.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This information was informed by the press wing of the Prime Minister on Saturday (October 1).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 87-year-old breathed his last while undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital around 12:30pm on Saturday, reports media.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In a message of condolence, she prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family, said a press release.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The seasoned journalist, who started his career in 1953, served as the press secretary to then prime minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after Bangladesh became independent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He was also the advisory editor of Daily Janakantha.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Toab Khan was the first editor of Dainik Bangla which changed its name from 'Dainik Pakistan' after Bangladesh's independence in 1971.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The veteran journalist received Ekushey Padak for his outstanding contribution to journalism in 2016.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>