Fakhrul flies Singapore for routine health check.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has left Dhaka for Singapore for a routine health check-up.
He, accompanied by his wife Rahat Ara Begum, departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) by a Singapore Airlines flight at 11:55 pm on Monday, minister's Assistant Private Secretary Md.Younus Ali told BSS.
He is expected to return home after a week.
In 2015, while in prison, Fakhrul was diagnosed with a blockage in an artery in his neck. After his release, he went to Singapore for treatment. Since then, he has been visiting the country regularly for follow-up check-ups.
