Dhaka, Dec. 2 -- A security cordon has been established around Evercare Hospital in Dhaka after former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was declared a "Very Very Important Person" (VVIP) by the state.

Police erected a barricade at the entrance of the hospital on Tuesday morning. Vehicles belonging to the Special Security Force (SSF) entered the hospital gate around noon.

Shairul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP media cell, told bdnews24.com: "The SSF members have taken charge of the hospital's security. They spoke with our Standing Committee member AZM Zahid Hossain. They said the chief advisor might come to visit her."

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Syeda Sharmila Rahman, the wife of Khaleda's late son...