A lawmaker from Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League died from respiratory complications at a hospital here on Monday, following his recovery from the COVID-19 illness, according to media reports.
Israfil Alam, the MP from the Naogaon-6 constituency, was admitted to Square Hospital in Dhaka on July 17 and breathed his last early this morning. He was 54.
Alam, also the joint secretary of Naogaon district unit Awami League, was put on life support on July 24 after his breathing complexities deteriorated, his wife Sultana Parvin told the Dhaka Tribune.
The three-time lawmaker had earlier recovered from COVID-19. “Our mother died recently and then my brother contracted the coronavirus disease,” Alam’s sister Renu told bdnews24.Com on Saturday. President Abdul Hamid in his condolence message termed Alam a “dedicated politician”.