loader image for Bangladeshinfo

Headlines

  • NCP announces campaign to mark July Uprising

  • 'Next election will be best in country’s history'

  • Govt to mark July uprising anniversary with vast programmes

  • HSC candidates to be allowed entry from 8:30 a.m.

  • Chelsea beat Benfica after storm delay

Khaleda Zia reaches London


Khaleda Zia reaches London

Bangladesh Nationalist Party – BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia reached London on Wednesday (Jan 8) afternoon by a special air ambulance. "The air ambulance carrying her landed at Heathrow International Airport in London at 2:55 p.m. (Bangladesh time)", BNP Media Cell member Shairul Kabir Khan quoted Khaleda Zia's personal physician Professor AZM Zahid Hossain as saying.

Bangladesh acting High Commissioner in London Mohammad Hazrat Ali Khan welcomed the former prime minister with a bouquet at the airport.

After monitoring her physical condition there, Khaleda Zia may be admitted to a London clinic. An ambulance has been kept ready for this.

Earlier, Khaleda Zia's air ambulance left Dhaka at 11:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The airbus made a stopover in Doha after her nearly eight-hour journey en-route to London.

Upon her arrival at the Doha airport, Bangladesh Ambassador to Qatar Nazrul Islam welcomed the former premier and inquired about her physical condition.

Khaleda Zia last visited London on Jul 16, 2017, for follow-up treatment of her eyes and feet.

Loading...