The home minister has said that they have no plan right now to shift BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia elsewhere from the old Dhaka central jail of Nazimuddin Road.
Asaduzzaman Khan came up with the remarks on Wednesday while replying to a query from reporters after attending a programme marking the 23rd raising day of Bangladesh Coast Guard at its Agargaon headquarters in the capital city.
The minister, however, brushed aside BNP's allegation of an unhygienic environment in the old prison and said Khaleda Zia has been kept at a place which happened to be the former Dhaka Central Jail.
According to him, "There's no unhealthy environment. She has been kept in the day care centre of a new building inside the prison. The atmosphere is not unsafe, unhealthy or risky either."
UNB says the BNP chief, he noted, has been given all the facilities as per the jail code.
The minister later lauded Bangladesh Coast Guard for its various activities and said the force is going ahead maintaining honesty, accountability and efficiency.
He said, "Coast Guard has been able to gain people's confidence with a little manpower. In the future, they can take themselves to a higher place."