Ershad flies to Singapore for 'treatment'

Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad left Bangladesh for Singapore on Monday night for medical checkup, reports UNB.

Ershad along with party presidium member Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu and his assistant personal secretary Manjurul Islam left Shahjalal International Airport by a Singapore Airlines flight around 10:45pm, said Ershad's deputy press secretary Delwar Jalali.

Earlier in the day, a party press release said Ershad will return home soon after receiving treatment there.

On Saturday, Ershad appointed Jatiya Party's presidium member Ruhul Amin Hawlader as his special assistant to discharge all the organisational responsibilities of the party chairman in his absence.

The new development came just four days after Hawlader was removed from the party's secretary general post.

On 3 December, Ershad made party presidium member Moshiur Rahman Ranga its secretary general removing Ruhul Amin Hawlader from the post.

Ranga, also the state minister for local government, rural development and cooperatives, is discharging the duty of party secretary general alongside its presidium member as his additional charge.