BNP Standing Committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and his wife Bilkis Akhter have been infected with coronavirus. The couple was admitted to Square Hospitals in the city on Wednesday night, their son Barrister Khandaker Maruf Hossain told UNB on Thursday. Also read: No step in sight to tackle Covid transmission: BNP He said his parents have been receiving treatment for the virus infections at the isolation centre of the hospital. Maruf said Moshharf and Bilkis underwent Covid tests on Tuesday and their report came out positive on Wednesday. “As they’re suffering from fever, cough and some other complications, we took them to the hospital for proper healthcare.” Also read: BNP's Rizvi hospitalised with Covid-19 He urged all, including BNP leaders and activists, to pray for the speedy recovery of his parents. A former teacher of Dhaka University, Mosharraf was the health minister during the rule of BNP-led four-party alliance.

Homna upazila nirbahi officer Tapti Chakma has been infected with coronavirus.

A total of 1,364 members of Armed Forces both in-service and retired, their families, and civilians and others, who are employed in various organisations under the Armed Forces, have been infected with COVID-19 till Saturday.

Twelve people, including six members of a family and a female physician, have been diagnosed with coronavirus in Nilphamari district.   Civil Surgeon Dr Ronojit Kumar Barman said with the new ones, total coronavirus cases rose to 52 in the district.   They received the reports of sample test from Dinajpur M Abdu Rahim Medical College Hospital and Rangpur Medical College Hospital on Sunday night.   Among the infected people there is a female physician of Dimla upazila hospital. The physician was giving treatment at the isolation ward of the hospital.

Country’s celebrated mountaineer Wasfia Nazreen has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and living in quarantine in Los Angeles in the US.