Mirza Abbas is seriously ill, being taken to Singapore for advanced treatment

BD Digest Report

Mirza Abbas, the Prime Minister’s political advisor and BNP standing committee member, has been admitted to Evercare Hospital in the capital after falling seriously ill.

It was reported after 1am on Thursday that preparations are underway to take Mirza Abbas to Singapore by air ambulance for advanced treatment. The flight is expected to depart at 6pm on Friday.

On Thursday (March 12), BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, party standing committee member Abdul Moin Khan and AZM Zahid Hossain visited the hospital to inquire about Mirza Abbas’s physical condition.

He was elected as a member of parliament from Dhaka-8 constituency in the last 13th national parliamentary election.

After Mirza Abbas fell ill, his election opponent Naseeruddin Patwari wished him well.

Although Nasiruddin Patwari, who came into the limelight after stealing a goat and eating it, had heated up the political arena by calling the senior politician a ‘money grabber’.