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BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left the country for Singapore on Monday morning for a regular health check-up.
Fakhrul, accompanied by his wife Rahat Ara Begum, left Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport via a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight around 8:30 am, his assistant M Yunus Ali said.
He is scheduled to have treatment at a Singapore clinic for various health issues, including a blockage in his neck, according to UNB.
The BNP leader is scheduled to return home on March 18.
After being released from jail on February 15, Fakhrul went to Bangladesh Specialized Hospital with various health problems and received treatments at home under the supervision of Prof Shamsul Arfein of the hospital, he said.
BNP Vice Chairman Prof AZM Jahid Hossain said their leader, Fakhrul, lost six kilogrammes of weight in over three months in jail since October 29.
Earlier on August 24, 2023, the 77-year-old BNP secretary general went to Singapore for a medical checkup.
His internal carotid artery problem was detected in 2015, when he was in prison in a political case.
After being released from jail, he went to Singapore and since then, he has gone to the country every year for follow-up treatment.
Members of the Detective Branch arrested the BNP leader from his Gulshan residence a day after police foiled the party’s scheduled 28 October grand rally in the capital.
After securing bail from the High Court, he walked out of the Dhaka Central Jail on February 15.