Mahmudul Hakim Apu, a senior sub-editor of The Daily Shomoyer Alo, died at his residence in Dhaka’s Banasree early on Wednesday. The coronavirus also sickened Khokon’s wife and son. Apu died in his sleep and was buried in Rayer Bazar graveyard in the afternoon, Shomoyer Alo Publisher Gazi Ahmed Ullah told bdnews24.com. Apu had a cold and cough but the symptoms were mild, his wife told bdnews24.com. He was thought to have died from COVID-19 as it has sickened many at the Shomoyer Alo following Khokon’s death from the virus,” Habibur said.

Source: bd News24 May 06, 2020 15:00 UTC