, Aug. 28 -- BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is scheduled to visit Evercare Hospital in the capital this (Thursday) evening for a routine health check-up.

"Madam [Khaleda] will be taken to Evercare Hospital in the evening for health check-up as per the advice of her medical board," said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.

He said the BNP chief is likely to leave her Gulshan residence around 7pm for the hospital. "She will undergo some necessary medical tests at Evercare Hospital as per the advice of her medical board," he said.

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