Mirza Fakhrul goes to Thailand for treatment

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has traveled to Bangkok, Thailand for medical treatment. His wife Rahat Ara Begum is accompanying him.

Mirza Fakhrul departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 2:45 am on Tuesday via a Thai Airways flight.

According to Sayrul Kabir Khan, a member of BNP’s media cell, Fakhrul is scheduled to undergo retinal surgery at Rutnin Eye Hospital in Bangkok.

He was taken to United Hospital in Gulshan on Monday due to eye problems, and physicians there recommended immediate surgery abroad as his condition was deemed urgent.

Mirza Fakhrul and his wife also visited Singapore for treatment earlier this year, on 6 April.