Hanif returns home after treatment in Bangkok

By Unb, Dhaka
24 August 2006, 18:00 PM
Awami League leaders receive former Dhaka City Corporation mayor Mohammad Hanif at Zia International Airport on his arrival from Bangkok yesterday. PHOTO: STAR
Mohammad Hanif, president of Dhaka City Awami League, returned home yesterday after seven months' treatment at Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok.

The city AL organised a reception welcoming Hanif at Zia International Airport. Thousands of party leaders and workers welcomed him.

The AL leader has been admitted to Apollo Hospitals in the city.

Hanif suffered a cardiac arrest while he was addressing an anti-government rally at Muktangan in the city on February 8. He was sent to Bumrungrad Hospital on February 10 for better treatment.

AL leaders Amir Hossain Amu, Abdur Razzak, Obaidul Kader, Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin, Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, Advocate Shara Khatun, Kamal Ahmed Majumder and Haji Mohammad Selim and family members of Hanif were present at the airport.