Amid repeated appeals for allowing the BNP chairperson to go abroad for better treatment, Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the party could bring in expert doctors from abroad if it wanted.

Gazipur city Mayor Mohammad Zahangir Alam, who has been expelled from Awami League for his controversial comment on Bangabandhu and other local leaders, said he will submit an application requesting the prime minister to review the decision.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a nationwide rally on November 22 -- demanding BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's release and permission to travel abroad for better treatment.

Patuakhali district BNP leaders and activists have alleged that Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL) men attacked a mass hunger strike as part of a nationwide programme. They claimed that at least eight people were injured.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said the government will not do anything for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia going beyond the law of the country.

BNP leaders and activists today alleged that police in Khulna obstructed the mass hunger strike being held on demand of Khaleda Zia being allowed to go abroad for medical treatment.

BNP started a seven-hour mass hunger strike this morning demanding that the government allow party chief Khaleda Zia to go abroad for better medical treatment.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the party’s rebel candidates will not be given nominations in next elections.

Gazipur City Corporation Mayor Mohammad Zahangir Alam, also the general secretary of Gazipur city Awami League, has been expelled from the party for his controversial comments on Bangabandhu and Liberation War martyrs.

Doctors are closely monitoring the health of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at the capital’s Evercare Hospital. They are monitoring her vital organs round the clock.

Gazipur City Corporation Mayor Mohammad Zahangir Alam, also Gazipur Metropolitan Unit Awami League general secretary, was expelled from the ruling party today.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is fighting for life at Evercare Hospital in the capital, said the party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid yesterday in the parliament protested the summoning of Prof Tasneem Siddiqui of Dhaka University before a parliamentary standing committee for publishing an article.

BNP will start a mass hunger strike this Saturday (November 20) -- demanding that the government allow party chief Khaleda Zia to go abroad for better medical treatment.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is suffering from chronic kidney and “decompensated liver” diseases along with other complications at city’s Evercare Hospital.

Former Vice President of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) and Member Secretary of Bangladesh Gono Odhikar Parishad, Nurul Haque Nur, has alleged that he was attacked this morning while paying homage at Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani’s mausoleum in Tangail.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now under treatment at the Critical Care Unit of Evercare Hospital in the capital, has reportedly developed new health complications.

Family members of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia have asked the government again to allow her to have advanced treatment abroad.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar proposed for a separate body to conduct the local government bodies election, terming the ongoing union parishad polls “bloodstained”.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was shifted to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of Evercare Hospital in the capital yesterday.