Veteran political thinker and National Liberation Council President Badruddin Umar has been hospitalized due to respiratory distress and low blood pressure. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir visited Umar in the hospital, spending time at his bedside and inquiring about his condition from doctors and family members. Fakhrul conveyed prayers and well wishes from BNP leaders Begum Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman. Notably, Badruddin Umar founded the National Liberation Council in 2003 and has been serving as its president since then.