Another Bangladeshi who returned from India died in institutional quarantine in Jashore on Sunday afternoon. Bimal Chandra Dey, 58, a resident of Shariatpur upazila died around 5pm at Jashore Chest Disease Hospital. Also read: Woman kept under quarantine dies in Jashore Civil Surgeon Sheikh Abu Shaheen said Bimal went to India for lung cancer treatment with his son and daughter-in-law. They returned through Benapole on May 8 and have been staying at the hotel in quarantine. Also read: 3 India returnee students test Covid positive Bimal was taken to the hospital around 5pm as his condition started deteriorating, said the Civil Surgeon. “He and his family members tested negative in an antigen test. Their samples were collected for the RT-PCR test,” he said. Also read: Bangladesh sees only 363 new Covid cases as sample testing falls amid Eid The body was taken to Shariatpur with the help of police, Civil Surgeon Shaheen said. On May 13, Ambia Khatun, 34, a Covid positive India returnee suffering from kidney diseases died in Jashore during institutional quarantine.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is trying to convince the government to relax the quarantine rules for Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman, the board's CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury said Saturday. Shakib and Mustafiz returned home from India on Thursday, and are under a 14-day institutional quarantine in Dhaka. Both players were playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), which was suspended as some cricketers had tested positive for Covid-19. Although the government's Covid protocol requires all the inbound passengers to go through a mandatory 14-day quarantine period, the general protocol is not supposed to apply to athletes, Nizamuddin said. Also read: Shakib, Mustafizur return to Dhaka "We are not expecting any special arrangement or privilege for Shakib and Mustafiz. The Covid protocol followed by our country is for general people. But it is different for the international players. "The general protocol is for people who come to the country by passenger flight after receiving a Covid negative certificate, but Shakib and Mustafiz returned home in a chartered flight and maintained a tight protocol," the BCB CEO added. He also said the board was working closely with the health authority to minimise the quarantine period of these two cricketers. The BCB earlier urged the health authority to reduce the period of quarantine for them, but the Directorate General of Health Services declined the request. Also read: 14-day quarantine must for Shakib, Mustafizur The Tigers are scheduled to play a three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka starting May 23. If the authority stays firm to not reduce the quarantine period of Shakib and Mustafiz, the players will have to stay in institutional quarantine till May 19. This means they will get only four days to practice ahead of the series. The Tigers recently played a two-match Test series against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka and lost it 1-0. Bangladesh's last ODI series was in New Zealand where they lost the series 3-0 to the hosts.