BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas was admitted to a city hospital early Wednesday with acute chest pain.
“Sir (Abbas) was taken to Evercare Hospital as he suddenly complained of chest pain,” said his personal assistant Asif Sohan.
BNP’s Health Affairs Secretary Dr Rafiqul Islam said Abbas was admitted to the hospital around 1:30am and then underwent some necessary medical tests.
Abbas, a former mayor of undivided Dhaka city and former minister in Khaleda Zia's last cabinet, is receiving treatment at the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of the hospital under cardiologist Shabuddin Talukder.
“His condition is now relatively better. He has been kept asleep,” Rafiqul said on Wednesday.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has also been receiving treatment at the CCU of the hospital since Saturday.
