Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Inqilab Moncho Convenor Osman Sharif Hadi, who was shot in the capital last week, has been airlifted from Dhaka to Singapore for advanced medical treatment.

The private jet, a Gulfstream G-100 being used as an air ambulance, departed Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 1:55pm on Monday, according to SM Ragib Samad, the airport's executive director.

It had previously landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:22am.

The Chief Advisor's Office on Sunday said that all necessary arrangements had been made to take Hadi, a prospective independent candidate in the upcoming parliamentary election, to Singapore General Hospital.

It added that the government had been in contact with hospitals in Singap...