Social Welfare Minister Dr. A Z M Zahid Hossain has stated that BNP leader and adviser Mirza Abbas’s health condition is improving. Speaking to the media on Monday, March 23, he said doctors have reported positive signs in various parameters, indicating gradual recovery. He added that as the issue involves the brain, full recovery will take time, and he requested prayers for Abbas.

Mirza Abbas is currently undergoing treatment under close medical supervision at Singapore General Hospital. His personal secretary Mizanur Rahman Sohel, who is also in Singapore, said doctors helped Abbas sit up in a chair around 10 a.m. on Monday, which they consider a positive development. Abbas has started speaking slowly. His wife Afroza Abbas and son Yasir Abbas are staying by his side at the hospital.

Earlier, on March 15, Mirza Abbas was flown from Dhaka to Singapore by air ambulance for advanced medical treatment.