Dhaka, April 17 -- Commerce Secretary Mahbubur Rahman has died after contracting malaria at the age of 58.

The senior official breathed his last at 6:25 am at Square Hospital in Dhaka, according to the ministry.

He was admitted to the facility on Monday after his blood platelet count plummeted.

Doctors later diagnosed him with malaria, and his clinical condition took a sharp turn for the worse shortly after, bdnews24.com reports.

Born in the Mathbaria Upazila of Pirojpur district in Barishal, Mahbubur was an alumnus of the Institute of Business Administration at Dhaka University.

He was a member of the 13th batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service (Customs and Excise) cadre.

His career in the civil service began in April 1994, when he ...