Veteran journo DP Barua passes away

Veteran journalist and former chief editor and managing director of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Deba Priya Barua died at his residence in the capital early yesterday. Barua, also a senior member of the Jatiya Press Club, breathed his last at 5:30 am at his house in Moghbazar, said a press release. The 91-year-old journalist left behind his wife, three sons, a host of