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27Jun

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Atiar Rahman, policeman

Atiar Rahman, a Bangladeshi policeman who was infected with Covid-19, died at Central Police Hospital in Dhaka on the night of June 27, 2020. Atiar Rahman, a constable of Manikganj district police, breathed his last around 10:00pm on June 27, 2020. He joined the force on November 26, 1984. He left behind his wife, two daughters, and a host of relatives to mourn his death. His body was sent to his village home in Faridpur for burial. The Daily Star

21Jun

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Kamal Lohani, journalist

Kamal Lohani ‑ a Bangladeshi journalist – succumbed to Covid-19 on 20 June 2020. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh. He served as the Director General of Shilpakala Academy from April 2009 until April 2011. Lohani got his first job as journalist in the Daily Millat in 1955. He joined as a secretary at Chhayanaut, a cultural organization, in 1962. He formed a left cultural organization - Kranti in 1967. In 1960, Lohani married Syeda Dipti Rani (died 2007). She was his fellow political party member. Together they had two daughters and a son.

15Jun

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Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran, politician

Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran ‑ a Bangladeshi politician and the first elected mayor of Sylhet city corporation – succumbed to Covid-19 on 15 June 2020. He was elected twice as mayor of Sylhet City. In 2013, he lost to Arif by nearly 3,000 votes. He was also a member on the standing Committee of Awami League. Kamran was born on 1 January 1951. He was elected ward commissioner of Sylhet in 1973, when he was still a high school student. Kamran was elected Chairman of Sylhet municipality board in 1995. From 1989 to 2002, he served as the General Secretary of Sylhet city unit of Awami League. He became the mayor of Sylhet city by defeating Muhammad Abdul Haque in March 2003; In which Kamran won the election by more than 20,000 votes. He became the President of Sylhet City un...

14Jun

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Sheikh Md Abdullah, politician

Sheikh Md Abdullah ‑ a Bangladesh Awami League politician and lawyer who served as the State Minister of Religious Affairs from 2019 until his death – died of Covid-19 on 13 June 2020. He was appointed as the minister in the Fourth Sheikh Hasina Cabinet in January 2019. Abdullah was born on 8 September 1945 in Gopalganj in the then Bengal Presidency, British India. He studied at a Qawmi madrasa and at Sultan Shahi Kekania primary school and high school. He completed his undergraduate studies at Azam Khan Government Commerce College in the Khulna District. In 1972, he completed his masters in communication from University of Dhaka. Two years later, in 1974, he completed his second masters in economics from the same university. Abdullah was the founding president of the Gopalganj unit of...

14Jun

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Mohammed Nasim, politician

Mohammed Nasim ‑ a Bangladesh Awami League politician – died due to Covid-19 on 13 June 2020. He had served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Home Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh respectively during 2014-2019 and 1999-2001. He was a 6-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sirajganj-1 and Sirajganj-2 constituencies. He was a presidium member of Awami League and the spokesperson of the 14-party alliance. Nasim was born on 2 April 1948 at Kazipur Upazila in Sirajganj District to Muhammad Mansur Ali and Amena Monsur. Ali served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Bangladesh in 1975 and was one of the four leaders killed in the Dhaka Central Jail as a part of the coup d'état on 7 November 1975. He studied at Edward College in Pab...

25May

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Makbul Hossain, politician

Makbul Hossain ‑ a businessman, Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-9 constituency ‑ died on 24 May 2020 undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at Combined Military Hospital. Hossain was born c. 1950 in Bikrampur. He earned his MA and LLB degrees from the University of Dhaka. Hossain was a member of Advisory Council of Bangladesh Awami League. He was elected to parliament from Dhaka-9 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in June 1996. He lost his seat in the 8th parliamentary election held in 2001. Hossain founded Samorita Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka International University, City University, Alhaj Mockbul Hossain University College and Mohammadpur Kendrio Biswabidyalaya Col...

22May

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Kamrun Nahar Putul, politician

Kamrun Nahar Putul ‑ a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Bogura-Joypurhat area, a reserved seat for women from 1996 until 2001 – died from Covid-19 on 21 May 2020. Putul was married to Mustafizur Rahman, also an Awami League lawmaker elected in 1973. She died on 21 May 2020 after suffering from the complications of the COVID-19 infection.

18May

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Anisuzzaman, writer and activist

Anisuzzaman a Bangladeshi academic of Bengali literature – died on April 17 2020 due to COVID¬19. Anisuzzaman was an activist who took part in the Language Movement (1952), participated in Mass Uprising (1969), and took part in the War of Liberation (1971). He was a member of the Planning Commission to the Government of Bangladesh during the Bangladesh liberation war and a member of the National Education Commission set up by the government after liberation. He was inducted as a National Professor by the Government of Bangladesh in 2018. Anisuzzaman (18 February 1937 – 14 May 2020) was a Bangladeshi academic of Bengali literature. He was an activist who took part in the Language Movement (1952), participated in Mass Uprising (1969), and took part in the War of Liberation (1971). He ...

11May

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Anwarul Kabir Talukdar, politician

Anwarul Kabir Talukdar ‑ a politician of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Liberal Democratic Party – succumbed to Covid-19 on 10 May 2020. He was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Jamalpur-4 constituency and State Minister of Power. Talukder served in Bangladesh Army and retired as a major general. He was elected to parliament from Jamalpur-4. He was the State Minister for Planning and Finance, and later served as the State Minister of Power in the Second Khaleda Cabinet. He resigned his post to protest corruption in the power sector. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party government reported that he had not resigned but in fact had been sacked from his ministerial post by the government. Talukdar resigned from Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 26 October 2006....

4May

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Bangladesh, Medics, Profiles

Md Moniruzzaman, Hematologist

Md Moniruzzaman – a Colonel (retired), Professor, Hematology at Anwar Khan Modern Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh – passed away on 3 May 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Prof Moniruzzaman worked at Anwar Khan Modern Medical College Hospital and was also involved with three other private hospitals in the capital, said Prof Dr Md Eklasur Rahman, principal of the medical college. Source: The Daily Star Please help us in adding details.