State Minister Abdullah tests coronavirus positive after death

State Minister for Religious Affairs Advocate Sheikh Md Abdullah, who died at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital on Saturday night, has been found to be infected with the novel coronavirus.

Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Public Relations Officer of Religious Affairs Ministry, confirmed his coronavirus infection on Sunday morning.

He said, the body of the State Minister will be taken to Gopalganj and buried there after a namaza-e-janaza.

Abdullah breathed his last at 11.45 pm on Saturday at CMH.

He was Awami League’s religious affairs secretary as well, while he hailed from Gopalganj, the ancestral home district of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed their deep shock at his demise while they prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul.

Both the President and the Premier conveyed as well deep sympathy to the bereaved family members.