Saleem Samad, Feb. 22 -- winning investigative journalist, a writer and a media rights defender, died at his residence in the capital on Sunday.

Saleem, also a member of the Jatiya Press Club, was Special Correspondent of English dailies The News Times, The Bangladesh Observer and The Asian Age.

His first namaz-e-janaza will be held at the Jatiya Press Club around 2:30 pm while his second namaz-e-janaza will be held at 3 pm on Dhaka Reporters Unity premises.

His articles appeared in TIME magazine, India Today and Outlook magazines in

India and South Asia magazine published from Pakistan.

He was a facilitator for capacity building courses for small-town journalists in Bangladesh on key social development issues.

He conducted workshop...