BNP chief Khaleda Zia hospitalised for health check-up

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been admitted to Evercare Hospital in Dhaka for a health check-up, as her body temperature was fluctuating over the past few days.

A medical board, led by cardiologist Dr Shahabuddin Talukder, was treating the former prime minister, Khaleda's personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said on Tuesday.

Khaleda arrived at the hospital from her Gulshan residence around 3:30 pm following, the recommendation by her personal doctor. She would undergo some medical tests now, said Dr Zahid.

The 76-year-old former prime minister was convicted in two graft cases and was taken to jail three years ago.

In April 2020, in the light of the COVID pandemic, the government granted a request from her family for a conditional temporary release from jail for “humanitarian reasons”.

She has since stayed at her Gulshan home under the care of her personal doctors and has had limited interaction with others. She had been hospitalised with COVID-19 as well. 

Her family recently filed a petition to allow her to travel abroad for treatment, but the government said she must return to jail first to apply for the permission.