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BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia is set to return to Dhaka at 10:30am tomorrow on a special air ambulance sent by the Emir of Qatar, following four months of medical treatment in London.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the return at a press briefing yesterday at the party’s Nayapaltan office, outlining extensive preparations to receive her, alongside designated locations for affiliated bodies to line the route from the airport to her Gulshan residence.

According to party sources, the air ambulance, carrying Khaleda, her medical team, and close family members -- including Tarique Rahman’s wife Dr Zubaida Rahman and Arafat Rahman Koko’s wife Syeda Sharmila Rahman -- is scheduled to depart London’s Heathrow Airport at 6:15pm (London time) today.

Strict restrictions will be enforced along the route, said Rizvi, adding that walking or motorbike processions accompanying the chairperson’s convoy will not be permitted.

Affiliated bodies of the BNP -- such as Chhatra Dal, Jubo Dal, Mahila Dal, etc -- will line designated points along the route from Hazrat Shahjalal International On

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