Tarique visits ailing mother at Evercare Hospital

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman paid a late-night visit to Evercare Hospital on Sunday to see his ailing mother and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, wrapping up his first full day of official party work.

Tarique left the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office after spending around nine hours there and went straight to Evercare Hospital.

He reached the hospital at about 11:35pm and left for his Gulshan Avenue residence shortly after 12:15am, said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.

Tarique was accompanied by his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman, his mother-in-law Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu, and Khaleda Zia’s sister Selima Rahman.

This was the third time Tarique has visited the hospital since returning to the country after nearly 17 years in exile.

Khaleda Zia has been undergoing treatment at the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of Evercare Hospital in the Bashundhara Residential Area since 23 November.

According to party sources, her condition remains very critical.