Tofail Ahmed hospitalised

Senior Awami League leader and member of the parliament Tofail Ahmed has been hospitalised with "shivering fever and pain in the upper abdomen", reports bdnews24.com.

Tofail was diagnosed with a blood infection, chief consultant of cardiology at the Square Hospitals in Dhaka Dr Md Tawhiduzzaman told news agency on Sunday.

"His condition is improving. He is fully oriented, can talk... blood pressure and pulse rate are also okay," the doctor said.

Septuagenarian Ahmed is a member of Awami League's advisory board.

The former commerce minister was admitted to the hospital on Thursday.