No scope to allow Khaleda to travel abroad: Home Minister

No scope to allow Khaleda to travel abroad: Home Minister

As per the opinion of the Law Ministry, there is no scope in the law to allow BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to go abroad for medical treatment, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said.

“The Law Ministry in its opinion said there’s no scope in law to let Khaleda Zia go abroad for treatment. The Law Ministry gave its opinion with the explanation of the relevant law, and we’re reviewing it,” he said while talking to reporters at the Secretariat on Tuesday.

The opinion of the ministry will be sent to the Prime Minister after its review, the home minister said.

On Monday, the Law Ministry forwarded its opinion to the Home Ministry on an application seeking permission to allow Khaleda Zia to go abroad for treatment.

Khaleda, a 76-year-old former prime minister, has been receiving treatment at Evercare Hospital for various health complications since November 13.

The BNP chief’s medical board members on November 28 said she immediately needs to go abroad for better treatment as she was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis.

On behalf of her family, Khaleda's younger brother, Shamim Iskander, submitted an application to the Home Ministry on November 11 seeking permission to take her abroad for treatment.

Though the government earlier twice turned down such applications, it is taking time to dispose of the fresh plea of the BNP chief’s family.