Dhaka, July 9 -- Senior Journalists Hasan Arefin and Akhteruzzaman Lablu passed away at separate hospitals here on Monday.

Lablu, chief reporter of Bhorer Kagoj and former president of Crime Reporters' Association of Bangladesh (CRAB), breathed his last at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) around 10pm at the age of 52.

Quamruzzaman Khan, senior reporter of the vernacular daily, said Lablu had long been suffering from liver disease. He had been on life support at the hospital.

His first namaz-e-janaza will be held in front of the Bhorer Kagoj office at New Circular Road at 11am on Tuesday while the second one at Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) at 12pm.

He will be buried at Azimpur graveyard following another janaza at th...