Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed has gone deaf in her right ear after suffering an injury in a grenade attack at a rally last year, a media report said.
Hasina, who is undergoing treatment at a Florida [Images] hospital, told the Prothom Alo daily that she cannot hear with her right ear.
At least 23 people were killed and 300 others were injured in the attack at the August 21, 2004 Awami League rally in Dhaka.
Also read:
India, Bangladesh trade fire on border
More reports from Bangladesh
Read about: Bangladeshi Intrusion 2001
© Copyright 2008 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.
|
Advertisement
Email this Article 
Print this Article