Member of parliament and convenor of National Committee on Chattogram Hill Tracts Affairs Abul Hasnat Abdullah was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Square Hospital in critical condition on Tuesday night.

Hasnat’s personal secretary Md Khasrul Bashar on Wednesday told New Age that his condition was improving. He also tested negative for COVID-19.

On Tuesday, Hasnat’s oxygen level dropped and he was experiencing shortness of breath and so he was admitted to the hospital’s ICU, Bashar said.

Hasnat suffered a heart attack after he was taken to the hospital, Bashar added.

Hasnat Abdullah is the president of Barisal district Awami League. He is the cousin of prime minister Sheikh Hasina and nephew of country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.