Both the children of formerBangladeshnational team captain and lawmaker of Narail-2 constituencyMashrafeBin Mortaza, have been diagnosed with Covid-19.
Mashrafe confirmed the matter in a workshop at the Deputy Commissioner's office on Tuesday.
The children are taking treatment in Dhaka, he said.
Mashrafe himself had a bout of coronavirusin June.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh on Tuesday saw another spike in Covid-19 cases as the health authorities of the country confirmed the detection of 1,380 new cases in 24 hours, taking the caseloadto 3,91,586.
During the period, 18 more patients died from Covid-19, pushing up the death toll to 5,699.
Besides, 1,542 patients recovered from the disease, and the total recoveries from coronavirus infection have jumped up to 307,141.
