Security tightened as Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia remains critical; Chinese medical teams join treatment effort

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50% : Police erected a barricade at the main gate of Evercare Hospital around 2 am, with hospital sources saying more than two dozen personnel have been deployed to regulate patients' movement and reinforce Zia's security Security around former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia was significantly tightened on Tuesday as a specialist medical team from China joined the ongoing efforts to treat the ailing Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson, who remains in a highly critical condition at Dhaka's Evercare Hospital.

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