Dhaka: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad was hospitalised here on Tuesday morning as he fell sick.

The Jatiya Party chairman was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) early today, said his press secretary Sunil Shuvo Roy, reports the UNB.

He said Ershad has been suffering from serious pain in his knees and some other complications.

Roy said their chairman needs to go to Singapore for his regular health checkup, but he cannot due to the forthcoming general election.