Sajidul Haque,
bdnews24.com
Published: 16 Apr 2021 01:43 AM BdST
Updated: 16 Apr 2021 02:00 AM BdST
People attend the funeral prayer for former law minister Abdul Matin Khasru, an Awami League MP from Cumilla-5 seat, at the Supreme Court Bar Association premises on Thursday, Apr 15, 2021.
More than 100 members of parliament have tested positive for COVID-19 so far since the novel coronavirus reached Bangladesh in March 2020.
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Four of the legislators died after contracting the virus, with former law minister Abdul Matin Khasru of the Awami League from Cumilla-5 seat being the latest to be claimed by the virus on Wednesday.
Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury from Sylhet-3 passed away in March this year after the second wave of infection hit the country.