Published on 12:00 AM, June 18, 2020

Tipu Munshi tests positive for Covid-19

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi. File photo.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has become the fourth minister to test positive for Covid-19. His personal secretary Mashooqur Rahman made the confirmation.

"The minister today provided sample at Evercare Hospital, Dhaka. They informed us a while back that he tested positive for coronavirus," Mashooqur said yesterday.

The AL lawmaker from Rangpur, last took part in the parliament session on Monday, his PS said.

The minister does not have any major complication, he added.