Khaleda to return home today
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, is scheduled for today to return home after staying more than two months in London for her medical treatment.
There were speculations over her staying in London and return.
BNP in a statement on Friday urged leaders and activists of the party and its front and associate organisations to present at the airport to accord reception to Khaleda maintaining discipline at 5:00pm.
The party also asked the government to step up security of Khaleda.
Party spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon, in the statement, said that BNP was worried over security of former prime minister Khaleda following deterioration of law and order in the country.
Ripon, earlier on Thursday, said Khaleda took decision to back home without completing her treatment considering the ‘critical juncture’ and ‘political crisis’ in the country.
Khaleda is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka by a flight of Emirates Airlines at 5:00pm, Ripon said.
The BNP chairperson went to London on September 16 for treatment of her eyes and to meet her family members including her eldest son Tarique Rahman, also the party senior vice-chairman, his wife and daughter.
BNP assistant office secretary Abdul Latif Jony told New Age that leaders and activists of BNP and its associate organisations would receive Khaleda.
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