Zubaida Rahman arrives in Dhaka

Bangla Press Desk:  Dr Zubaida Rahman, the wife of BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and daughter-in-law of party's Chairperson Khaleda Zia, has arrived in Dhaka.

She landed at Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport on board a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight around 10:45am on Friday, according to Atikur Rahman Rumon, a BNP spokesman.

“Bhabi [Zubaida] arrived at 10:43am. From here, she will go directly to Evercare Hospital,” he said.

Zubaida was welcomed at the airport by UK specialist Dr Richard Bailey, her elder sister Shahina Khan Zaman, her brother-in-law Air Commodore Syed Saifuzzaman, and Rumon.

She had left London aboard flight BG-302 around 6pm local time on Thursday (12am on Friday).

Rumon said she is to accompany her mother-in-law Khaleda to London on Qatar’s royal air ambulance. However, the trip has been deferred for the moment.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the air ambulance was experiencing technical issues. It will arrive on Saturday if the problem can be resolved soon, he added.

“If Madam (Khaleda) is fit to travel and the medical board approves, then, In Sha Allah, she will fly out on the 7th (Sunday).”

Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, Khaleda’s personal physician, said around midnight on Thursday that Khaleda was under close observation at Evercare Hospital’s Critical Care Unit.

Zubaida had previously accompanied the BNP chief on her trip to Dhaka from London on May 5. She then returned to London on Jun 5 after staying in Dhaka for a month.

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