<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">BNP’s Commerce Affairs Secretary and former lawmaker Salahuddin Ahmed has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The BNP leader was moved from the coronary care unit (CCU) to the ICU around 3 am today as his condition deteriorated, Shamsuddin Didar, a member of the BNP chairperson’s media wing, confirmed.</div><div><br></div><div>Salahuddin Ahmed was admitted to the CCU of BSMMU around 11 am on Monday after he complained of breathing difficulty.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, he has developed heart failure since 7 pm yesterday and his blood pressure is fluctuating, Shamsuddin Didar added.</div><div><br></div><div>The former BNP lawmaker has been suffering from various ailments, including pneumonia.</div><div><br></div><div>On October 4, he was admitted to the CCU of BSMMU as per the recommendation of physicians, said Md Mahabubul Alam, jailer of Dhaka Central Jail.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, he was shifted to the prison annex of the hospital.</div><div><br></div><div>Detectives arrested Salahuddin Ahmed from Dhaka’s Jatrabari area on August 3. He was arrested in cases filed over the clash during a sit-in programme in Jatrabari. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>