The State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak attended the closing ceremony of the four-day BASIS SoftExpo held at the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center at Purbachal, near the capital city, on Sunday night. There he was awarded the title of ‘Rockstar’ by BASIS. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman expressed his enthusiasm for the new identity of the state minister by strongly supporting this title. They sat side by side in the event.
But after the night came the news that Minister of State for Information and Communication Zunaid Ahmed Palak was again infected with corona virus. On Monday (February 27) in a status on the verified Facebook page, he himself reported this news.
On Monday (February 27) morning, the state minister requested to pray for him through a status on his own verified Facebook page. Earlier, Palak and his two sons were infected with Corona on January 9 last year.
In a Facebook post, the state minister said that he took the corona test on Sunday (February 26) as there was a cabinet meeting on Monday. Results came back positive; So, currently he is in isolation at home.
He writes, I humbly request all those who have been in contact with me in the last few days to take necessary steps in accordance with the hygiene rules, including the corona sample test.
Earlier, Zunaid Ahmed Palak has been given the title of rock star not as a rock music singer, but for advancing the technology sector of the country by absorbing technology at a rocket speed.