Obaidul Quader to return home Wednesday

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, who was undergoing treatment in Singapore, will return to the country on Wednesday.

He will return home by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines around 6:00am on May 15, said Shaikh Walid Faiej, public relations officer of Bridges Department.

The Minister talked to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over phone at 10:20am ( Singapore time) today.

Qauder was initially admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University(BSMMU) hospital on March 3 following breathing complications. Tests revealed three blockages in his coronary artery. He was flown to Singapore the next day for treatment.

The Minister underwent a bypass surgery on March 20.