A senior BNP leader has accused the prison authorities of ignoring their requests of arranging “better treatment” for incarcerated party chief Khaleda Zia. “It appears that the government has ordered the jail authorities to ensure that her (Khaleda’s) physical condition deteriorates,” BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told the media on Monday. Rizvi described how the BNP chief had been denied an orthopaedic bed even though it was recommended by the government-sanctioned medical board. “She urgently needs better medical treatment but the jail authorities are not paying any heed, at the government’s order,” he claimed. “We demand allowing her to be treated by her personal physicians at the United Hospital.”

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 16, 2018 08:48 UTC