Ex-BNP leader, army chief Mahbub, wife infected with coronavirus

Former army chief and BNP leader Mahbubur Rahman along with his wife tested positive for coronavirus on Monday.

They were admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka on the same day, UNB quoted Mahbubur Rahman as saying.

However, they have not developed any major complications and symptoms of the virus. Mahbub, in his early 80s, urged all to pray for their speedy recovery.

Mahbub's wife, Anarkali Farhad Banu Nagina Amin, is the elder sister of BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

After retiring from the Bangladesh Army, Mahbub had joined BNP and was elected MP with the party ticket from Dinajpur-2 constituency in the eighth parliamentary election.

He was also made a member of BNP's standing committee, the highest policymaking body of the party. Mahbub, however, quitted the party and politics in September 2019 on health grounds.