Online Report : BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas has been undergoing treatment in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of Evercare Hospital in the capital.

Abbas suddenly felt severe chest pain at early hours of Wednesday at his Shahjahanpur residence and was taken to the hospital around 1:30am, said the party`s Health Affairs secretary Dr Rafiqul Islam said .

BNP chairperson`s media wing member Sayrul Kabir said the BNP leader is now under the treatment of the Evercare Hospital heart specialist Dr Shahabuddin Talukder and his condition is relatively better.

"Mirza Abbas sought doa to the countrymen," Sayrul Kabir said.

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has also been receiving treatment at the CCU of the hospital since Saturday November 13).