Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- Prime Minister's Political Adviser and BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas on Saturday said he did not go abroad on his own for medical treatment but was sent there for treatment after suffering a stroke.

"I did not go abroad for treatment; I was sent there. When I regained consciousness after being unconscious for nearly one and a half months, I found myself abroad. After completing my treatment, I did not want to stay there. I asked them to take me back to my country," he said.

Abbas made the remarks at a discussion marking National Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Day 2026 at the conference hall of the Super Specialised Hospital of Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) in the noon.

Recalling his health prob...