The medical board formed by the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for an update on BNP chief Khaleda Zia's health condition has filed its report to the university authorities.
"We have filed the health report of Khaleda Zia," a member of the board, asking not to be named, told Bangla Tribune late on Wednesday (Dec 4) before declining to comment further.
The Supreme Court's deadline the report ends on Thursday (Dec 5), when the judges are scheduled to hear Khaleda's bail appeal in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
Earlier in the day, BSMMU Vice-Chancellor Kanak Kanti Barua said that the report was yet to complete.
"If BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's medical report is with us even tomorrow [Thursday] morning, we will go to the court or else will seek more time," he told Bangla Tribune.
Despite several attempts, BSMMU Hospital's Director AKM Mahbubul Haque, who is in charge of coordinating the issue, could not be reached on phone.
On Nov 28, the six-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain ordered authorities concerned of BSMMU to submit the report before deferring the hearing of Khaleda's bail appeal until Thursday.
The High Court on Jul 31 rejected Khaleda’s bail petition in the case, prompting counsels to move the Appellate Division.
Oct 29 last year, a special court in Dhaka sentenced Khaleda to seven years in prison on charges the BNP claims as 'false and politically motivated'.
The 74-year-old former prime minister was transferred to the BSMMU Hospital on Apr 1 this year for treatment from the old jailhouse on Nazim Uddin Road.
Earlier, the government formed a board with doctors from the BSMMU to examine Khaleda's health.
Khaleda has been in prison since February last year serving a total of 17 years in jail in the Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
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