Coronavirus-infected AL lawmaker Abdul Matin Khasru passes away

Coronavirus-infected Awami League lawmaker and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Abdul Matin Khasru passed away at a city hospital on Wednesday (Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun). He was 71.

Physicians of the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka declared him dead in the afternoon, AL deputy office secretary Sayem Khan confirmed media about the death.

He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital since March 16 after being infected with Covid-19 and was put on life support on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Khasru.

Khasru was elected president of SCBA for 2021-2022 in an election held on March 10 and 11 but could not take over the charge yet.