Senior BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has been hospitalised as he fell ill at his residence on Friday night. The BNP leader was taken to the Evercare Hospital in Bashundhara Residential area last night, BNP chairperson's media wing member Sairul Kabir Khan told UNB. Also Read: Govt seeking foreign loans everywhere to run country as economy not in dignity: Mosharraf    He has been undergoing treatment at the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of the hospital and is now under the observation of the physicians, he said. Also Read: Mosharraf hints at intensifying anti-govt movement with tougher programmes Dr. Maruf Khandakar, son of the BNP leader sought doa for the early recovery of his father from the country’s people. Also Read: Fakhrul vows to stay 'in the field till illegal govt toppled' through movement  

State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mohammad Mahbub Ali has said that necessary assistance would be provided to ensure better medical care for the ailing pilot of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Captain Nowshad Ataul Qayum. The state minister said this on Saturday while talking to the president of Bangladesh Pilots Association, Captain Mahbubur Rahman over phone. He further said that skilled pilots like Captain Nowshad are the assets of an organization. He has shown his skills at different times of his career. READ: Pilot suffers heart attack; Biman flight makes emergency landing in India “We are all worried that he suddenly fell ill on the way back to Dhaka on 27 August from Muscat in Oman. His treatment is being monitored round the clock by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism and the Biman Bangladesh Airlines,” he said. He also requested everyone to pray for his speedy recovery. READ: Emergency landing of Biman flight: Passengers safely back in Dhaka On August 27, Biman’s flight BG022 with 124 passengers made an emergency landing in the Indian city of Nagpur after Captain Nowshad fell sick, while piloting the plane from Muskat to Dhaka. The pilot was later admitted to a hospital in Nagpur where he has been undergoing treatment.

At least eight people were killed and nearly 1,000 suffered breathing difficulties and other reactions as chemical gas leaked from an industrial plant in southern India early Thursday.

Ten more people were sickened with a new virus aboard one of two quarantined cruise ships with some 5,400 passengers and crew aboard, health officials in Japan said Thursday, as China reported 73 more deaths and the World Health Organization appealed for more funds to help countries battle the spread of the disease.