He was welcomed by lawmakers after entering the house in a wheelchair following his return from Singapore and Malaysia.
BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas. File Photo: Collected
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BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas. File Photo: Collected
BNP Standing Committee Member and Dhaka-8 MP Mirza Abbas Uddin Ahmed MP, who is popularly known as Mirza Abbas, today (3 September) joined a session of the 13th parliament for the first time.
He entered the parliament chamber in a wheelchair shortly after 3:50pm.
Welcoming him, Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad said, “Honourable Member of parliament Mirza Abbas Uddin has joined parliament after five months. We welcome him.”
Following the speaker’s remarks, lawmakers welcomed Mirza Abbas by thumping their desks.
Earlier, Mirza Abbas performed his official duties at his office in parliament following returning home following more than five months of treatment abroad.
The BNP leader returned to Bangladesh yesterday (2 September) night after receiving treatment in Singapore and Malaysia for more than five months.
Thousands of BNP leaders and activists were present at the airport to welcome him after his prolonged stay abroad. In particular, BNP leaders and activists from Dhaka-8 constituency and its affiliated organisations gathered at the airport to greet him.
In the 13th parliamentary elections held on 12 February last, Mirza Abbas was elected MP from Dhaka-8 constituency on the BNP ticket. Later, he was made the prime minister’s adviser on political affairs.
The BNP leader suddenly lost consciousness while taking Iftar on 11 March, just a day before the 13th parliament went into its first session on 12 March.
He was admitted to Evercare Hospital late that night.
Following brain surgery at the Dhaka hospital, he was flown to Singapore by air ambulance on 15 March. After receiving treatment there, he was later taken to Malaysia for physiotherapy.
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