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DHAKA, May 5, 2025 (BSS) - BNP chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia will leave London for home on a special air ambulance provided by Qatar Emir at 4:10pm London time today (9:10 BST).
“Madam's son and our acting chairman Tarique Rahman will drive his mother to Heathrow Airport in London,” Khaleda’s personal physician Prof AZM Zahid Hossain, who is in London, said.
Meanwhile, BNP is ready to welcome the party chairperson as her residence Feroza has also been prepared.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told reporters that she will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday at 10 am.
He mentioned Begum Zia will go to Gulshan residence via Kakali from the airport. He requested everyone not to stand on streets considering the issue of SSC examination.
“We will all try our best so that SSC examinees do not face any difficulty in going to their examination centers concerned,” he said.
Those who want to welcome the BNP chief should stand on footpath, he said, adding instructions have been given to party men to welcome her with holding national and party flags in hands.
Khaleda’s residence Feroza in Gulshan has been readied.
Two daughters-in-law Zubaida Rahman and Syeda Shamila Rahman will accompany Khaleda while her personal physician Prof AZM Zahid Hossain will also be with them.
Zahid said Khaleda’a flight will have a stopover in Doha on the way from London to Dhaka.
Earlier, Begum Zia, who is suffering from various ailments for long, went to London on January 8.
After undergoing treatment for 17 consecutive days at a London clinic, she was taken to her son's house on January 25 under the supervision of London Clinic's specialist doctors Prof Patrick Kennedy and Professor Jennifer Cross.
