Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has returned home from London after four-month of advanced treatment there.
A special air ambulance of Qatar's Emir, carrying her and her entourage, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital at about 10:38AM on Tuesday (May 6).
Khalda Zia's two daughters-in-law Zubaida Rahman and Syeda Sharmila Rahman accompanied her. Zubaida returned, ending her 17-year exile in London.
The BNP chief went to her Gulshan residence 'Firoza' directly from Dhaka airport.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, and Standing Committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Abdul Moin Khan, Nazrul Islam Khan, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Salahuddin Ahmed, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and Selima Rahman were at the airport terminal to greet the party chief.
Both footpaths of the airport road and way to Firoza from the airport were filled up with supporters and activists of the party, holding party and national flags.
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman accompanied her mother at the London airport. The plane departed from London’s Heathrow Airport at 4:20pm local time.
The former Prime Minister traveled to London on January 8 aboard a
special air ambulance provided by the Emir of Qatar for advanced
treatment for multiple health complications, including liver
cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney disease, respiratory
complications, cardiac issues and ophthalmological concerns.
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