, Dec. 24 -- After 17 years in exile, Acting Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Tarique Rahman is poised to return home on Thursday morning, a moment the party describes as both politically significant and emotionally charged.

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed disclosed a detailed timeline at a press conference held at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office on Wednesday.

According to the plan, Tarique Rahman will depart London's Heathrow Airport on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, accompanied by his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman and daughter Zaima Rahman.

Senior journalist Saleh Shibly and three personal aides will also travel with him.

The aircraft is scheduled to land in Dhaka at 11:55am. From the airport, Tar...