Obaidul Quader to return home Wednesday

By UNB, Dhaka
12 May 2019, 05:00 AM
UPDATED 12 May 2019, 12:28 PM

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, who was undergoing treatment in Singapore, will return to the country on Wednesday.

He will return home by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines around 6:00am on May 15, said Shaikh Walid Faiej, public relations officer of Bridges Department.

The Minister talked to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over phone at 10:20am ( Singapore time) today.

Qauder was initially admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University(BSMMU) hospital on March 3 following breathing complications. Tests revealed three blockages in his coronary artery. He was flown to Singapore the next day for treatment.

The Minister underwent a bypass surgery on March 20.