Shawdesh desk:

Awami League lawmaker from Naogaon-6 constituency Md Israfil Alam has passed away at a private hospital in the capital on Monday morning.

He breathed his last at Square Hospital at around 7:00am while undergoing treatment.

Raninagar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Al Mamun confirmed the news.

Israfil Alam, also the joint secretary of Naogaon district unit Awami League, was put on life support on July 24 after his breathing complexities worsened, his wife Sultana Parveen said.

According to Pervin, Israfil was infected with Coronavirus and was admitted to the hospital on July 6.

Israfil returned home on July 14 as his follow-up test report came out negative for Coronavirus, she said.

Later on July 17, he was admitted to the hospital again as his condition deteriorated, she added.

Israfil Alam became MP for the first time in 2008 when he was the general secretary of Sramik League of Dhaka city unit. He was elected MP thrice, including in the tenth and eleventh parliamentary elections.

Besides, Israfil was the joint secretary of Naogaon District Awami League, President of the Rural Development and Cooperatives Federation and member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Israfil Alam MP.

In a condolence message, she said Israfil throughout his life worked for the welfare of the country and the nation.

She prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul and expressed sympathy for his bereaved family members.