Land Minister Minu hospitalised with anaemia, seeks prayers

Land Minister Md Mizanur Rahman Minu, MP, has been admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital with anaemia. He was admitted around 10:30am on Wednesday (21 October) and is receiving treatment in a cabin, where he has been given several bags of blood.

The minister’s assistant private secretary, Nazmul Haque Dicken, said Minu had been feeling unwell for the past few days. He attended a public rally at Rajshahi’s historic Madrasa Maidan on Tuesday (20 October). When his condition worsened the following morning, he was admitted to the hospital and given several bags of blood for anaemia. He sought prayers from everyone for his recovery. The minister had earlier returned home after receiving treatment in Singapore.

On Wednesday evening, Land Minister Md Mizanur Rahman Minu said, “I am ill. I ask my dear people of Rajshahi and people across the country to pray for my recovery. May Allah grant me good health so that I can recover quickly and devote myself to public service.”

After hearing of his illness, Rajshahi-3 MP Advocate Shafiqul Haque Milon, Health Secretary A N M Bazlur Rashid, Rajshahi city BNP vice-presidents Nazrul Huda and Waliul Haque Rana, and Rajshahi district Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) President Dr Wasim Hossain visited him at the hospital, along with other doctors and BNP leaders at various levels.

Rajshahi City Corporation Administrator and city BNP General Secretary Md Mahfuzur Rahman Riton also visited the minister at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital around 7:45pm on Wednesday (21 October) after learning of his illness. He enquired about the minister’s condition and overall treatment and asked everyone to pray for his recovery.