Overview
- Her personal physician, Dr AZM Zahid, said shortly after midnight that her condition has not improved and remains extremely critical.
- The 80-year-old BNP chair has been at Dhaka’s Evercare Hospital since November 23 and on ventilator support since December 11.
- Local and foreign specialists, including family physician Dr Zubaida Rahman, are directing care in Bangladesh because she is not fit to fly.
- BNP acting chair Tarique Rahman visited the hospital and stayed for more than two hours, according to party members.
- Police reported a shrine vandalism in Thakurgaon and a blast at a Keraniganj seminary that injured four, while India’s MEA reiterated support for free, fair elections and said it is closely watching developments.