BNP top leaders welcome Tarique Rahman on homecoming

BNP workers and supporters fill the 300-feet road leading to Purbachal 35 July Avenue whwre their acting chairman Tarique Rahman will be accorded a reception._11zon

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman was warmly received by senior leaders of the party as he arrived at Dhaka airport with his family on Thursday, ending 17 years of self-exile.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir along with members of the party’s Standing Committee welcomed him at the airport.

Tarique Rahman exchanged greetings and embraced the leaders.

Dr Zubaida Rahman’s mother Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu welcomed Tarique Rahman with a floral garland.

Private television channels broadcast live coverage of his arrival from the moment he disembarked from the flight.

He later spent some time at the lounge exchanging greetings with relatives.

To mark his homecoming, the BNP has arranged a mass reception at the 36 July Expressway area along the 300 feet road in the capital’s Purbachal.

A large stage has been set up with bamboo and wood on the north side of the Kuril intersection road.

After leaving the airport, Tarique Rahman is scheduled to travel with his family and party leaders to the reception venue.

Following the programme, he is expected to visit BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Evercare Hospital. - UNB