Allow Khaleda Zia to go abroad for better treatment: BNP Standing Committee

BNP Standing Committee has demanded that the government immediately allow the party chairperson Khaleda Zia to go abroad for better treatment.

Secretary General of BNP, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, placed the demand during a meeting of the standing committee today.

"AFM Siddique, head of the medical board formed for overseeing her treatment, informed that Khaleda Zia recovered from Covid-19 but is suffering from post-Covid complications. She is not out of danger yet," Fakhrul said.   

She needs to be taken abroad for better treatment for liver and other complications, he said.

Khaleda was admitted to Evercare Hospital on April 28, three days after testing positive for coronavirus for the second time.

She was released from hospital on June 19

She first tested positive on April 11 and also has arthritis, diabetes and eye problems.

The government released Khaleda from jail on March 25 last year, suspending her sentence as per section 401 (1) of the Criminal Code of Procedure. The suspension was later extended twice.

The BNP chairperson landed in jail on February 8, 2018, after a special court sentenced her to five years in prison in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. On October 30, 2018, the High Court raised her punishment to 10 years.