Critically ill former Bangladesh PM Zia to be taken to London: reports

DHAKA, Dec 4: Family of former Bangladesh prime minister Khalada Zia, who remains in a critical condition here, is preparing to transfer her to London, where her son and BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman lives, media reports said Thursday. Zia, the 80-year-old Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson, was admitted to a private hospital on November 23 when she developed a chest infection that affected both her heart and lungs. Four days later, the three-time prime minister was shifted to the coronary care unit (CCU) after several of her health complications worsened. BBC Bangla Service and Ittefaq newspaper said Zia’s son and BNP’s self-exiled acting chairperson Tarique Rahman’s wife Zubaida Rahman, a doctor herself, is expected to arrive in Dhaka soon to oversee the transf