PM Hasina undergoes eye surgery in London

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Published : 18:51, May 05, 2019 | Updated : 09:02, May 06, 2019

Bangladesh`s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed speaks with a reporter during the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, U.S. September 18, 2017. REUTERS/File PhotoPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina had a surgery at the Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.
She underwent surgery on Saturday (May 4), Syed Sajidur Rahman Faruk, general secretary of the Awami League’s UK chapter, told Bangla Tribune.
“She is now under observation by the doctors,” he said on Sunday (May 5).
Asked whether Hasina would attend any party events in the British capital, he said, “It depends on the prime minister.”


In an official visit, Prime Minister Hasina arrived in London on Wednesday (May 2).
Her entourage includes Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, PM’s adviser for private industry and investment Salman F Rahman, and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam,.
During the visit, Hasina has the opportunity to spend time with her sister Sheikh Rehana’s family as well.
Rehana’s daughter Tulip Siddiq, a Labour MP of the British parliament, gave birth to a baby boy, her second child, in January.
It will be the first time Hasina will meet baby Raphael Mujib Saint John Percy.
Tulip’s elder daughter Azalea Joy Percy turned 3 earlier in April.

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