Ex-prime minister\u2019s family calls for prayers for her early recovery after hospitalisation for a lung infection.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Bangladeshi former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been hospitalised in \u201cvery critical\u201d condition, according to members of her party, as her family and supporters urged well-wishers to pray for her speedy recovery.<\/p>\n Zia\u2019s personal physician, Dr A Z M Zahid Hossein, told reporters late on Saturday that the 80-year-old politician, who was taken to the Evercare Hospital in Dhaka on November 23, remains in intensive care.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n She was admitted with symptoms of a lung infection and Hossein said she appeared to be responding to the treatment.<\/p>\n \u201cAt this moment, I can say her condition has been in the same stage for the last three days. In doctors\u2019 language, we say \u2018she is responding to the treatment\u2019,\u201d he was quoted as saying by the Daily Star news website.<\/p>\n \u201cPlease pray so that she can continue to receive this treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n Hossein\u2019s comments came a day after the secretary-general of Zia\u2019s Bangladesh National Party (BNP), Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, told reporters that her \u201ccondition was very critical\u201d.<\/p>\n According to the Daily Star, Zia has \u201cheart problems, liver and kidney issues, diabetes, lung problems, arthritis, and eye-related illnesses\u201d.<\/p>\n She has a permanent pacemaker and previously underwent stenting for her heart, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n Earlier on Saturday, BNP\u2019s vice chairman, Ahmed Azam Khan, told reporters that an air ambulance was on standby to take Zia abroad for advanced treatment if her medical condition stabilises.<\/p>\n Zia\u2019s eldest son, Tarique Rahman, who has been based in London since 2008, called on the people of Bangladesh to pray for his mother\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n \u201cWe express our heartfelt thanks and gratitude for all your prayers and love for the highly respected Begum Khaleda Zia,\u201d Rahman, 60, said in a social media post on Saturday.<\/p>\n \u201cWe fervently request you to continue your prayers for her early recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n Zia, who served three terms as prime minister, was jailed for corruption in 2018 under recently ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina\u2019s government, which also barred her from travelling abroad for medical treatment.<\/p>\n She was released last year, shortly after Hasina\u2019s removal.<\/p>\n Despite her ill health, Zia has promised to campaign in elections expected in February 2026, in which the BNP is widely seen as a frontrunner.<\/p>\n Waiting in front of the hospital since morning, Liton Molla, a driver for a private company, said he rushed there after hearing about Zia\u2019s condition, describing her as his \u201cdear leader\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI just pray she recovers and can contest in the election,\u201d Liton, 45, told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n \u201cAt this moment, Bangladesh needs a leader like Khaleda Zia.\u201d<\/p>\n Bangladesh\u2019s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, also issued a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cDuring this transitional period to democracy, Khaleda Zia is a source of utmost inspiration for the nation. Her recovery is very important for the country,\u201d he said on Friday night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ex-prime minister\u2019s family calls for prayers for her early recovery after hospitalisation for a lung infection. Bangladeshi former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been hospitalised in \u201cvery critical\u201d condition, according to members of her party, as her family and supporters urged well-wishers to pray for her speedy recovery. 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