Staff Reporter :
Former foreign minister M Morshed Khan has left Bangladesh for Britain by a chartered plane amid the coronavirus pandemic.
He is “seriously” ill and will undergo medical check-up in London, his aide told the media on Friday.
The plane left Bangladesh on Thursday and Morshed’s wife Nasrin Khan was with him, the aide said.
Another former minister who had talked to Morshed’s family said Morshed had left Dhaka amid fears of coronavirus infection.
“He [Morshed] had to leave fast because the treatment is not good here,” he said.
Morshed has been suffering from Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and other ailments.
He stepped down from the BNP as a vice-chairman last year citing personal reasons.
Morshed had worked as a special envoy to BNP chief Khaleda Zia with the rank of a minister when she was prime minister in 1991.
He was elected MP three times from Chattogram-10 constituency.
He and his family had invested in Bangladesh’s first mobile phone operator Citycell, now closed, Pacific Motors, Arab Bangladesh Bank and several other business ventures.
Former foreign minister M Morshed Khan has left Bangladesh for Britain by a chartered plane amid the coronavirus pandemic.
He is “seriously” ill and will undergo medical check-up in London, his aide told the media on Friday.
The plane left Bangladesh on Thursday and Morshed’s wife Nasrin Khan was with him, the aide said.
Another former minister who had talked to Morshed’s family said Morshed had left Dhaka amid fears of coronavirus infection.
“He [Morshed] had to leave fast because the treatment is not good here,” he said.
Morshed has been suffering from Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and other ailments.
He stepped down from the BNP as a vice-chairman last year citing personal reasons.
Morshed had worked as a special envoy to BNP chief Khaleda Zia with the rank of a minister when she was prime minister in 1991.
He was elected MP three times from Chattogram-10 constituency.
He and his family had invested in Bangladesh’s first mobile phone operator Citycell, now closed, Pacific Motors, Arab Bangladesh Bank and several other business ventures.
