Khaleda Zia leaves London for Dhaka in air ambulance
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia left Heathrow Airport today (5 May) for Dhaka aboard a special air ambulance provided by the Emir of Qatar, as she is returning home nearly four months after receiving advanced treatment in London.
The special air ambulance provided by Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, carrying Khaleda and her entourage, took off around 9:35pm (BST), reports UNB quoting BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.
The BNP chief left the home of her elder son and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman around 12:50pm GMT (6:50pm BST), said her personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain.
Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel
Tarique personally drove his mother to Heathrow Airport and saw her off at 7:40pm.
Dr Zahid said the flight is scheduled to reach Hamad International Airport in Doha at 1:25am, local time.
Khaleda Zia's two daughters-in-law—her eldest son Tarique Rahman's wife Dr Zubaida Rahman, and her late son Arafat Rahman Koko's wife Syeda Shamila Rahman—will accompany the BNP chief, along with her other entourage members, including her medical team.
"She is expected to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at around 10am Tuesday [6 May]. We hope that she will reach Dhaka on time," BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told UNB.
He urged party leaders and activists to remain alert and not cause any traffic jam during their way of giving the BNP chief a reception upon her return home, as there is an SSC exam scheduled for Tuesday.
The BNP secretary general has also urged law enforcers and party leaders and workers to ensure that no public inconvenience arises during the reception of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Khaleda Zia travelled to London on 8 January in the same special air ambulance sent by the Emir of Qatar.
