Dhaka, Dec. 5 -- Zubaida Rahman has left London for Dhaka to accompany BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia ahead of her planned medical transfer to the UK.

She boarded Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG-302 on Thursday local time around 6:00 pm (12:00 am Bangladesh time), BNP Media Cell member Atikur Rahman Rumon said, bdnews24.com reported.

Rumon said, "[Zubaida] has departed from Heathrow Airport. The flight will reach Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport at 9:30 am on Friday."

He added that Zubaida will first go to Evercare Hospital, after which Khaleda Zia, currently under treatment there, will be flown to London on an air ambulance sent by the Emir of Qatar.

Rumon also noted that Zubaida, accompanied by her daughter Zaima Rahman, saw...