BNP chief Khaleda Zia will be taken to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for medical tests on Tuesday if she agrees, says the Inspector General (prisons) Syed Iftekhar Uddin.
Speaking to the media on Monday at his offices, he said, “The jail code does not allow treating inmates at private medical facilities. So, she will be given the best medical care available at government facilities.


The prisons chief, however, said that they will consider a private hospital only due to lack of proper medical facilities. “In that case, the government will also need to consider on the source of fund for the expenses.”

Replying to query on Khaleda’s physical condition, Iftekhar Uddin said, “She told me that she still suffers from leg pain and that she now finds it difficult to walk.”

The BNP has been voicing concern over the health of the 73-year-old chairperson and demanding that she be transferred to United Hospital.



A three-time prime minister, Khaleda is serving a five-year term in the old jailhouse in Dhaka since Feb 8, when she was convicted of embezzling foreign donations made to the Zia Orphanage Trust.
On Saturday, she was examined by her four personal physicians at the prison on Old Dhaka’s Nazimuddin Road.