India, Dec. 25 -- Tarique Rahman, acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and son of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia, is home after living 17 years in exile.

Rahman boarded a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from London's Heathrow Airport late Wednesday night, according to bdnews24.

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The flight, which made a stopover at Sylhet, landed in Dhaka at around noon. Rahman, upon reaching Sylhet, took his official Facebook account and said, "Back in Bangladesh skies after 6,314 days!".

Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia's son Rahman was accompanied by his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman and daughter Zaima Zarnaz Rahman, according to The Daily Star....