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Both the children of former Bangladesh national team captain and lawmaker of Narail-2 constituency Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, have been diagnosed with Covid-19.
Mashrafe confirmed the matter in a workshop at the Deputy Commissioner’s office on Tuesday.
The children are taking treatment in Dhaka, he said.
Mashrafe himself had a bout of coronavirus in June.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh on Tuesday saw another spike in Covid-19 cases as the health authorities of the country confirmed the detection of 1,380 new cases in 24 hours, taking the caseload to 3,91,586.
During the period, 18 more patients died from Covid-19, pushing up the death toll to 5,699.
Besides, 1,542 patients recovered from the disease, and the total recoveries from coronavirus infection have jumped up to 307,141.
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