SYLHET: Former Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran died while undergoing treatment for coronavirus (Covid-19) at a city hospital early Monday. 

He breathed his last at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka at 2:45am, his APS Badrul Islam told Banglanews. He was 69.

On June 5, Kamran, a member of the central executive committee of Awami League, was found positive for Covid-19 and was admitted to Shahid Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital in Sylhet the next day.

Later on June 7, he was flown to CMH from Sylhet on June 7 after his physical condition deteriorated.

Kamran was the first elected mayor of Sylhet City Corporation and he was elected mayor twice.

BDST: 1138 HRS, JUN 15, 2020
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