Senior BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Mia has been taken to a Dhaka hospital with “critical illness”, says a party spokesperson.
He has been admitted to the United Hospital Wednesday (Jul 3) morning, Shaherul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP chief’s media wing told Bangla Tribune.
The member of BNP’s policymaking National Standing Committee is being treated under the supervision of Neurosurgeon Shafiqul Alam, he said.
Sources within the party say that the veteran leader has been skipping meetings of the policymaking body for quite some time due to illness.