A 52-year-old Bangladeshi, who recently returned from India, died at Jashore Chest Disease Hospital on Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Imdadul Haque, son of Barek Molla of Raninagar upazila in Naogaon district. Palash Kumar Das, supervisor at Jashore Chest Disease Hospital, said that Imdadul had gone to India with his wife for medical treatment as he was a cancer patient. As he was a last stage cancer patient, doctors in India asked him to go back. On May 24, the couple returned to the country through Benapole land port. Also Read: Another India returnee dies in Jashore quarantine Upon their arrival, the local administration sent the couple to Jashore Chest Disease Hospital to undergo institutional quarantine, where Imdadul breathed his last at 6.30 pm. Also read: Woman kept under quarantine dies in Jashore However, both Imdadul and his wife tested negative for Covid-19. Imdadul's body has been sent to his native village for burial, hospital officials said.

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.