Dhaka, July 11 -- The journalist community of the country united this week in bidding goodbye to Shamim Ahmad, who spent a lifetime in the profession and played a part in moulding many of the journalists playing leading roles in newsrooms around the country today. passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on July 7. He was 68.

Shamim Ahmad spent the bulk of his career spanning almost five decades at our sister newsagency UNB, from its inception in 1988. He would go on to become its longest-serving Chief of Correspondents (as a dedicated reporting outfit, UNB was led by its COC till the 2010s), and also had a stint as City Editor once the position was introduced. During his time at UNB, Shamim Ahmad regularly wrote for Dhaka Courier as well, foc...