News Desk :
Seven current and former ministers and 13 MPs have so far been infected with coronavirus in Bangladesh.
Family members of a number of ministers and MPs have also been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the country.
Mohammed Nasim MP and former health and family welfare minister, died on June 13 after suffering a stroke while undergoing treatment for coronavirus.
He was detected with coronavirus after being taken to a private hospital in the capital. However, he tested negative before his death. State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah died of coronavirus on June 13 night.
Former State Minister Major General (retd) Anwarul Kabir Talukder died of coronavirus on May 10.
Anwarul former BNP MP from Jamalpur-4 constituency, breathed his last at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka.
Libration War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque along with his wife, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi and Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing also tested positive for coronavirus.
Besides, former LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain remains in isolation after contracting coronavirus.
Former Awami League MP Haji Moqbul Hossain died of coronavirus on May 24 while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital.
Former Awami League MP from reserved seat Begum Kamrunnahar Putul tested positive for coronavirus after her death.
Putul, also wife of former Awami League MP Mostafizur Rahman Patal, breathed her last at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogura on May 21.
Cricketer and former captain and MP from Narail-2 constituency Mashrafe Bin Mortaza was diagnosed with coronavirus on Saturday.
Former Chief Whip and current MP from Moulvibazar-4 constituency Md Abdus Shahid, former whip and current MP from Naogaon-2 Shahiduzzaman Sarkar, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways Ministry ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury, Jashore-4 MP Ranajit Kumar Roy, Chattogram-8 MP Moslem Uddin, Chattogram-16 MP M Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury, Jamalpur-2 MP Faridul Haque Khan, Brahmanbaria-5 MP Mohammad Ebadul Karim Bulbul and Ganoforum MP from Sylhet-2 Mukabbir Khan were infected with Covid-19.
Former MP from Cox’s Bazar-4 constituency Abdur Rahman Bodi was detected with coronavirus on Friday.
Nine members of the family of MP Moslem Uddin, including his wife, son and grandchildren, six members of MP Mustafiz, including wife, three daughters, one son-in-law, one grandchild, and four of his support staff, and the wife of Rajbari-1 MP Kazi Keramat Ali were also diagnosed with coronavirus.
Besides, family members of State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam, Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury, Bagerhat-1 MP Sheikh Helal Uddin, Bagerhat-2 MP Sheikh Sarhan Naser Tanmoy, Jashore-3 MP Kazi Nabil Ahmed and Tangail-6 MP Ahsanul Islam were also infected with Covid-19.
