The family of the main opposition Bangladesh National Party chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia has applied to the home ministry, seeking treatment abroad for her and an extension of her release.
Khaleda’s younger brother Shamim Eskander applied to the ministry on behalf of the family on March 6.
In the letter, Shamim Eskander stated that his elder sister Khaleda’s life was at great risk. To save her life, she needs treatment abroad.
‘No comment,’ said Shamim Eskander, when he was asked about the reply from the government.
The home minister, Asaduzzaman Khan, was not available for comment.
According to Khaleda Zia’s medical board’s decision, the BNP chairperson was taken to Evercare Hospital in the capital on March 13.
She was brought back to her rented Gulshan house from the hospital the following day.
Khaleda Zia’s personal physician and BNP vice chairman, AZM Zahid Hossain, said it was Khaleda Zia’s constitutional right to receive proper treatment.
