The body of former Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran is being taken to his hometown from Dhaka.
An ambulance carrying him and his younger brother Enam Uddin Ahmed and elder son Doctor Arman Ahmed Shiplu left for Sylhet around 7am.
The time of his namaz-e-janaza will be fixed after his body reaches Sylhet. He will be buried beside the graves of his parents at SCC’s graveyard.
Kamran died from coronavirus while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka early hours of Monday.
He was in isolation after he tested positive for coronavirus on June 5. He was admitted to the Corona Isolation Centre of Sylhet Shaheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital on June 6 after his condition deteriorated. Later, he was shifted to CMH and was on oxygen support at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital.
Earlier on May 27, Kamran’s wife Asma Kamran, General Secretary of Sylhet Metropolitan Mahila AL unit, also tested positive for coronavirus. She is receiving treatment staying in isolation at home.