Dhaka, May 7 -- Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia returned to Bangladesh on Tuesday after four months of medical treatment in the United Kingdom, receiving a hero's welcome that drew thousands of supporters and renewed discourse on the country's political direction.
Khaleda Zia, 78, Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at approximately 11 a.m. local time aboard a special air ambulance arranged by the Emir of Qatar. She was accompanied by her daughters-in-law, Dr Zubaida Rahman and Syeda Sharmila Rahman, along with close aides.
Large crowds gathered along the route to her residence in Gulshan, waving party flags and holding aloft images of Khaleda Zia, her late hu...