Mirza Fakhrul, wife fly to Singapore for medical check-up

BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and his wife Rahat Ara Begum left for Singapore on Monday night for medical check-ups.

They departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 11:55pm on a Singapore Airlines flight.

Shayrul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP’s media cell, said that the visit is for a routine medical check-up, and that Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has travelled to Singapore with his spouse for this purpose.

Fakhrul and his wife are expected to return home in about a week.

Fakhrul and Rahat Ara Begum have previously travelled to Singapore for treatment. They last visited the country on April 6, 2025, for medical check-ups.

In 2015, while in jail, a blockage was detected in Fakhrul’s internal carotid artery. After his release, he went to Singapore for treatment. Since then, he has been travelling there regularly for follow-up treatment.