Department of Environment (DoE) Director General Dr AKM Rafique Ahammed has died after being infected with the novel coronavirus.
Ahammed breathed his last at a hospital in the capital around 4am this morning.
Senior information officer at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dipankar Bar, confirmed the matter to media.
The top environment officer was undergoing treatment at the hospital since March 23 and put on life support after his condition worsened on Friday, reports UNB.
A BCS (administration) cadre of 10th batch who joined government service in 1991, Dr Rafique is survived by his wife and two sons.
Before joining DoE on May 22, 2019, Rafique served as a commercial counsellor at the Consulate of Bangladesh in Dubai, UNB adds.
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