Dhaka, Feb. 10 -- The 23rd death anniversary of Tawfiq Aziz Khan, former executive editor of The Daily Star, sports writer, and commentator, is on Sunday.

One of the leading journalists of the country, Tawfiq Aziz joined the then Pakistan Observer as a staff reporter in 1958 while he was a student of Dhaka University.

He worked as public relations officer at the erstwhile EPIDC (East Pakistan Industries Development Corporation) and Titas Gas Corporation from 1968 to 1975, before joining the Dainik Bangla and the Bichitra as general manager.

He joined The Daily Star in 1990 as its founder managing editor. He became executive editor in 1997 and worked in that capacity till his death.1

The first English sports commentator of the country,...