File photo of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal CollectedA BNP delegation met with the home minister to demand BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia receive treatment, on TuesdayBNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for medical checkups and tests, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said. "Khaleda Zia will be taken to BSMMU for a few medical checkups, which cannot be done within the prison confines," he said at a press conference, held after his meeting with a six-member BNP delegation at the Secretariat, on Tuesday afternoon. Shairul Kabir Khan, BNP chairperson's press wing official, and Sharif Mahmud Opu, the home minister's public relations officer, confirmed the matter. Six-member BNP delegation meet with Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan at the Secretariat on March 5, 2019 |CourtesyHowever, the home minister was unable to specify the exact date on which the BNP chairperson will be taken to BSMMU. "The minister has assured me that proper medical care of our chairperson will be taken," he said to reporters after the meeting.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 05, 2019 09:56 UTC