Popular actor and former minister Asaduzzaman Noor has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Ghulam Quddus, president of Sammilita Sangskritik Jote confirmed the news to media.
He said,” Noor got his Covid positive report tonight at 9pm. He is currently staying at his home.”
Noor, an MP from Nilphamari-2, had worked as the cultural affairs minister in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s cabinet. He is now a member of the parliamentary standing committee on the cultural affairs ministry.
He is a trustee of the Liberation War Museum and president of Bangladesh Abritti Samanyay Parishad, a council of reciters.
The 74-year-old has won Bangladesh's highest civilian honour Swadhinata Padak or Independence Award in 2018 for his contribution to culture.
