Tofail Ahmed's condition remains ‘critical’, with ‘no improvement’

Tofail Ahmed, an Awami League heavyweight and close confidant of Bangladesh’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, remains in critical condition after being hospitalised for 10 days with age-related complications. The 81-year-old former minister and leader in the 1969 Mass Upsurge and 1971 Liberation War has shown “no improvement”, according to the CEO of Square Hospital, Yousuf Siddique. Tofail’s personal assistant, Abul Khayer, confirmed that his condition remains “unchanged”. A family member said the senior Awami League leader has been using a wheelchair for several years since a stroke left one side of his body “paralysed”. The numbness in his left hand and leg has left him unable to walk. On Saturday evening, rumours of his death circulated, but the...