Bangladesh Ex-PM Khaleda Zia Showing Improvement, Transfer Abroad Still on Hold

Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, 80, is responding well to treatment at the Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, according to her personal physician and a member of the decision-making committee of the Bangladeshi Nationalist Party. Zia has been receiving care in the intensive care unit (ICU) since November 23 for various health complications, including a chest infection that spread to her lungs and heart. The medical board, comprising specialists from Bangladesh, the UK, the US, and China, is overseeing Zia's care and has not yet fixed a date for her transfer abroad for further medical care. Foreign doctors are involved in her treatment, and decisions are made through nighttime meetings. Zia's daughter-in-law, Zubaida Rahman, a doctor herself, has been attending medical board meetings since December 5, while her personal physician, AZM Zahid Hossain, has urged people to remain cautious about speculations surrounding her condition. The medical board is led by cardiologist Shahabuddin Talukder, and Zia's care has been a topic of concern for several countries, including India, which has expressed its willingness to extend support in her recovery. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed concern over her health and offered India's assistance.