<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was discharged from a city hospital on Monday around nine hours after being admitted there.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fakhrul returned to his Uttara residence as doctors at United Hospital discharged him at around 9:30pm after assessing his medical reports and health condition, BNP Media Cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan told UNB.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said the physicians advised the BNP secretary general to rest at home.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier in the day, the BNP secretary general was admitted to the hospital at about 12:30pm as he fell sick at the party chairperson's Gulshan office.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fakhrul was taken to the high dependency unit of the cardiology department of the hospital under Professor Muminuzzaman.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Later, he underwent some medical tests and no major complication was detected.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fakhrul has been suffering from various health complications, including diabetes, hypertension and cardiac problems that worsened during his recent imprisonment.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He returned home on Thursday from Singapore after receiving medical treatment there for a week.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On February 10, Fakhrul and his wife went there for a follow-up checkup and treatment.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 76-year-old received treatment at Singapore National University Hospital.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On December 9, a team of the Detective Branch (DB) of police picked up Fakhrul and party standing committee member Mirza Abbas from their homes in separate raids in the capital, a day before the party's much-talked about rally in the capital.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on January 9 and received treatment at Evercare Hospital for two days before going to Singapore.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 2015, while incarcerated, Fakhrul was diagnosed with a block in the internal carotid artery of his neck.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After his release, he went to Singapore for treatment. Since then, he needs to go to Singapore every year for follow-up treatment. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>