PM Hasina undergoes eye surgery in London

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, now on an official visit to the United Kingdom, underwent a surgery in her left eye at a London hospital on Monday.

“The prime minister underwent the operation in her left eye at a hospital in the British capital on Monday afternoon,” prime minister’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS over phone from London on Tuesday.

Sheikh Hasina, he said, is doing well after the surgery.

The press secretary said the prime minister digitally cleared a number of urgent files from there.

“The prime minister disposed of a number of important electronic files (e-files) after reaching London on 19 July,” he said.

Ihsanul said the prime minister is also monitoring Bangladesh’s flood situation round the clock and giving necessary directives to the ministers and officials concerned in this regard.

Sheikh Hasina went to London on 19 July to attend Bangladeshi envoys’ conference and other programmes.

The prime minister is expected to return home on 5 August, the press secretary added.