Saleem Samad, an award-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 at about 2:30pm while his second namaz-e-janaza will be held at about 3:00pm 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 workshops on environment and development journalism for South Asian journalists in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

He was former media specialist for US-based non-profit organisation Academy for Educational Development, Environment and Social Development Organisation, Bangladesh Centre for Development, Journalism and Communication, Bangladesh Human Rights Journalists Forum, and Forum of Environmental Journalist, Bangladesh.