The friends took to Facebook after rejecting the gifts
BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi contracts COVID-19
Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, senior joint secretary general of the BNP, has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.
Published : 17 March 2021, 09:31 PM
Updated : 17 March 2021, 09:31 PM
He has been in self-isolation at a room at his Mohammadpur residence, his aide Arifur Rahman said on Wednesday.
Rizvi’s COVID test result came back positive in the afternoon, Arifur said.
The BNP leader had been suffering from fever for a few days, but continued attending programmes, according to the aide. He gave samples for COVID-19 test at Popular Diagnostic Centre in Dhaka’s Shantinagar.
Rizvi’s temperature was between 100 and 101 degrees Fahrenheit, according to Arifur.
The BNP leader has also lost his appetite.
Earlier, BNP’s Standing Committee member Selima Rahman was admitted to United Hospital in the capital’s Gulshan with COVID-19.
Two other members of the committee, Nazrul Islam Khan and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, had also contracted the virus a few months ago and recovered later.
RELATED STORIES
The top Republican candidate in the race, former television newscaster Kari Lake, once praised the 1864 law, a stance Gallego highlighted in a new digital ad this week
The decision was made to avoid intra-party conflict and encourage a participatory election, the party said
Trump went on trial in New York on Monday, seven months before Americans will go to the polls on Nov 5 to choose a president
