Abul Khoyer Khan, BNP candidate for the mayor of Chalna municipality in Khulna’s Dakope upazila, died on Monday after contracting Covid-19.
The 60-year-old BNP leader tested Covid-19 positive on December 3 and was undergoing treatment at Khulna Medical College Hospital since December 23.
Abul Khoyer was admitted to Khulna’s Gazi Medical College Hospital after being infected with Covid-19 and he could not return to Chalna after the allotment of electoral symbols.