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The health condition of the eight-year-old Magura girl, now battling for her life in the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka, has been stated to be very critical, said Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder on Thursday. “The condition of the child from Magura is very critical; there were two more cardiac arrests today (Thursday); the second time, after about 30 minutes of CPR, she reversed. The brain is not functioning; GCS (coma) level is 3,” he said. Besides, blood pressure and oxygen levels are very low, Azad said. In a medical context, "CGS" can refer to cardiogenic shock, a serious condition where the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. Bangladesh Army urges prayers for Magura rape victim Earlier, on Wednesday, Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said her “brainstem” and “pupil reflex” were also lower Wednesday than Tuesday. said doctors at the CMH were putting in their best efforts for the girl’s recovery.She was initially admitted to Magura General Hospital and later transferred to Faridpur Medical College Hospital as her condition deteriorated. On Thursday, she was moved to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) before being shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka.

The Press Wing of the Chief Adviser has said that the report published in an Indian newspaper saying that operatives of Pakistan’s ISI are working to reopen a ULFA camp near the Assam border in Bangladesh, is false and baseless. “The Tribune newspaper in New Delhi has run a front-page story with the headline ‘ISI, Bangladesh operatives teaming up to revive ULFA camps near Assam border’. As with other stories in this genre that has exploded since Bangladeshis overthrew the corrupt and brutal regime of Sheikh Hasina, no evidence is provided and no named sources endorse its plotline,” it said. CA's Press Wing ditches Ananda Bazar's story on Bangladesh Army In fact, the only source who is quoted, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, says he does not believe the leader of the ULFA, Paresh Baruah, has any desire to resume his previous militant activities, said the Press Wing on its verified Facebook page. The Tribune story claims ‘Intelligence agencies suspect that Baruah may soon be released’, when in fact he is already at large and believed to be living in China. CA's Press Wing quashes rumours of ISI chief visiting Dhaka The article also claims that the newspaper has intercepted communications in Bangladesh ‘in Arabic, Urdu and Bengali’, it added. “This story is pure fiction and will remain ‘exclusive’ to the Tribune because it exists only in the imaginations of its staff,” it added. Nasimul Ghani not a Hizb ut-Tahrir member, says CA's Press Wing