Fakhrul off to Thailand for urgent eye treatment

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has gone to Bangkok, Thailand for emergency eye treatment, reports UNB.

Fakhrul, along with his wife Rahat Ara Begum, left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Bangkok on a Thai Airways flight at 2:45am on Tuesday, said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.

He said the BNP leader noticed a problem with his eyes on Monday morning and immediately visited United Hospital in Gulshan for treatment.

After examination, Sayrul said, doctors at the hospital advised that surgery on the retina of one of his eyes is urgently required.