DHAKA: Opposition Leader BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to country on Sunday night after a regular medical checkup in Singapore.

A Singapore Airlines flight carrying the opposition leader landed at Shahjalal International Airport at around 10:10pm.

Party top leaders including acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee members Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia and Dr Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain, Vice-chairman Sadek Hossain Khoka, joint secretary general Rizvi Ahmed, Aman Ullah Aman and advisor to chairperson Dr Jahid, among others, received her at the airport.

Earlier on Wednesday night, Khaleda left Dhaka for Singapore for a regular medical checkup.

In the visit chairperson’s press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan, wife of elder brother Kaniz Fatema and personal secretary Saleh Ahmed, accompanied her.

BDST: 0921 HRS, OCT 14, 2013
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