Cumilla city mayor Rifat dies

Cumilla Correspondent, dhakadiplomat.com

13 Dec 2023, 20:47

Arfanul Haque Rifat

Cumilla City Corporation Mayor Arfanul Haque Rifat passed away this evening while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Singapore.

Rifat, also the secretary general of Awami League city unit, breathed his last at Mount Elizabeth Hospital at 6:00 pm (Bangladesh time), reports our Cumilla correspondent quoting Atikul Islam Khokon, joint secretary of AL city unit.

Rifat was elected the mayor of Cumilla City Corporation on June 15, 2022.

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