BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. File Photo

DHAKA, May 3, 2025 (BSS) - BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia will return home from London on Monday.

Party sources said, Khaleda Zia will board a regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Sunday which will land at Sylhet Osmani International Airport at 9 am on Monday. The flight will leave Osmani Airport for Dhaka after disembarking the Sylhet passengers. 

The flight carrying Khaleda Zia is scheduled to arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11 am. From the airport she will go directly to her Gulshan residence Feroza.

Meanwhile, Sylhet BNP has chalked out extensive preparations to welcome the BNP chief and her family members. 

District BNP President Abdul Qayyum Chowdhury and General Secretary Advocate Emran Ahmed Chowdhury urged party leaders, activists, supporters and well-wishers to be present at the airport at 9 am.

Khaleda Zia will stay at the Sylhet airport for about an hour. During her stay there, a delegation of BNP leaders will pay a courtesy call on her.

BNP Chairperson's adviser and Sylhet BNP leader Dr Sakhawat Hasan Jiban said, “It is a great joy for us as Begum Zia is coming to Sylhet from London. 

“All BNP leader and workers are excited and everyone will rush to the airport on Monday morning to welcome the leader," he said.

Khaleda Zia will be accompanied by her two daughters-in-law- Zubaida Rahman and Shamila Rahman as well her personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, adviser Enamul Haque Chowdhury, APS Masudur Rahman and two housekeepers Fatema Begum and Rupa Haque .

On January 8 this year, Khaleda Zia was taken to London for advanced treatment. 

After undergoing treatment for 17 consecutive days, Khaleda Zia was taken to her elder son Tarique Rahman's house on January 25 from the London clinic. 

Khaleda Zia celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr with her family members after more than half a decade in London.