Dhaka, March 14 -- BNP Standing Committee member and Political Advisor to the prime minister Mirza Abbas remains under close observation after undergoing brain surgery at Evercare Hospital Dhaka.

Doctors have kept the former minister in intensive monitoring since the operation on Friday.

BNP Health Affairs Secretary Rafiqul Islam said a CT scan of Abbas's brain was conducted on Saturday morning and the report came back "good".

"He is under close monitoring and members of the medical board are watching him round the clock," he said.

Abbas fell ill after iftar on Wednesday and was admitted to Evercare Hospital in the Bashundhara area later that night after his condition deteriorated.

Earlier, BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan had...