Abdul Hye, younger brother of Bangladesh’s President Abdul Hamid, died of coronavirus at a hospital in the city on July 17, 2020. He was 67.
Abdul Hye, also a freedom fighter, breathed his last around 1:15 am at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka.
Abdul Hye, also assistant personal secretary to President Abdul Hamid, tested positive for coronavirus on July 2 and the taken to the CMH.
He had been on ventilation support from July 12 following deterioration of his health condition.
Hye is survived by wife, one son, two daughters and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.
Born in 1953 in Mithamain upazila of Kishoreganj district, Abdul Hye was a commander of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Shangshad, Mithamain.
He was also former assistant professor of Muktijoddha Abdul Haque Government College in Mithamain and founding member and teacher of Haji Tayeb Uddin High School.