Dhaka, June 10 -- Tarique Rahman, acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), is expected to return to the country "soon", said the party's secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

Speaking at the party chairperson's office in Gulshan on Tuesday, Fakhrul hinted at the possibility of Tarique's return but did not specify any date.

Fakhrul recently travelled to Thailand for eye surgery and returned to Bangladesh on Friday.

Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus is set to meet Tarique in London on his four-day official visit to the UK. The meeting is scheduled to take place on Friday, according to the BNP.

Tarique travelled to London in 2008 for advanced medical treatment following his release from prison. He was accompanied by...