PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim no more

Desk Report

Publisted at 8:53 PM, Sun Mar 10th, 2024

Prime Minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim Helal passed away at 8:00 pm on Sunday (10 March) while undergoing treatment at the capital's Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). He was 85.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Ihsanul Karim, confirmed PM’s press wing. 

Before assuming the role of Press Secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 15 June, 2015, Ihsanul Karim served as the Press Secretary to the President.

In a condolence message, President said, at his death the country has lost an eminent journalist, media personality and an efficient official. 

Sheikh Hasina said, "Karim had performed his duty with utmost sincerity and devotion as my Press Secretary".

The premier continued: "With his sad demise, the mass media people have lost their colleague and I have lost my trusted officer". 

Prior to that, he held the positions of Managing Director and Chief Editor at Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS).

Throughout his extensive career in journalism, he also worked for various foreign media outlets, including the British Broadcasting Corporation and Press Trust of India as their Bangladesh correspondents.

Ihsanul Karim was born on 5 January 1951.

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