, Dec. 25 -- BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman was warmly received by senior leaders of the party as he arrived at Dhaka airport with his family on Thursday, ending 17 years of self-exile.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir along with members of the party's Standing Committee welcomed him at the airport.

Tarique Rahman exchanged greetings and embraced the leaders.

Tarique Rahman heads to Dhaka from Sylhet

Dr Zubaida Rahman's mother Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu welcomed Tarique Rahman with a floral garland.

Private television channels broadcast live coverage of his arrival from the moment he disembarked from the flight.

He later spent some time at the lounge exchanging greetings with relatives.

To mark his homecoming, the B...