British high commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke met BNP chairperson Begum khaleda Zia and enquired of her health conditions on Wednesday night.
The meeting was held at BNP Chairperson鈥檚 Firoza residence in the city鈥檚 Gulshan area at 8:30pm, said BNP Media Cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.
It was Khaleda Zia鈥檚 first meeting with any foreign envoy since 2018 following her acquittal from her convictions in graft cases. Sarah Cooke met Khaleda ahead of her visit to the UK for better treatment, party sources said.
BNP standing committee member Professor AZM Zahid Hossain, chief of her medical board Professor Shahabuddin Talukder, FM Siddique, and member of the special assistant to BNP chairperson鈥檚 Foreign Affairs Advisory Committee Tabith Awal were present.
On July 8, Khaleda Zia, a former prime minister, was admitted to Evercare Hospital in the capital six days after she had been discharged from the same hospital with various ailments.
On August 24, she returned home after receiving treatment at the hospital for 45 days.
A group of specialist doctors, led by Prof Shahabuddin Talukder, successfully installed a pacemaker in Khaleda Zia鈥檚 chest on June 23.
Khaleda has long been battling various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, and issues related to the kidney, lung, heart, and eyes.
Khaleda鈥檚 doctors have been recommending sending her abroad since she was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis in November 2021.
On October 26, 2023, three US specialist doctors completed the hepatic procedure known as the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS procedure) to stop water accretion in Khaleda Zia鈥檚 stomach and chest, and bleeding in her liver.
