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Abdul Matin Khasru's seat declared vacant

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 22 Apr 2021, 08:11 pm

Dhaka, April 22: The seat of advocate Abdul Matin Khasru, president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and former law minister, has been declared vacant (Comilla-5). The seat was declared vacant in a circular signed by Dr Zafar Ahmed Khan, senior secretary of the parliament.

A circular issued on Thursday (April 22nd) states that the Comilla-5 seat in the 11th National Assembly has become vacant due to the death of MP Abdul Matin Khasru on April 14th.

Abdul Matin Khasru died at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital on April 14 at 4.50 pm. The day before, he was taken to life support around 11:30 am.

On March 15, he gave samples for corona test at the Parliament Secretariat. In the report received on the morning of March 16, his coronavirus report came positive. On the same day he was admitted to CMH. However, he later tested negative for coronavirus but suffered a heart attack.