Khaleda Zia falls ill in jail: Rizvi

A scheduled meeting between BNP chief Khaleda Zia and Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at Old Dhaka's jail has been cancelled due to her sudden illness, reports bdnews24.com.
Fakhrul was due to meet Khaleda at 3pm Thursday, said BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. He started from the party's central office but the meeting was cancelled as Khaleda suddenly fell ill, Rizvi told the news agency.
"We heard that a team of physicians will go to the jail to see Khaleda."
The jailor phoned Khaleda's private secretary and informed him about Khaleda's illness, the BNP leaders said.
The jail authorities refused to talk on the matter.
Reporters, who gathered outside the jail building on Thursday afternoon, could not cite any formal announcement by the jail authorities.