Dhaka, May 6 -- Thousands of leaders and activists of the BNP and its associate bodies gathered on footpaths stretching from the airport to Gulshan Avenue on Tuesady to welcome their beloved leader and party chief Khaleda Zia, as she is returning home after nearly four months of treatment in London.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, along with senior party leaders, will receive Khaleda at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport upon her arrival.

Though a Qatari royal ambulance carrying Khaleda, her two daughters-in-law, and other entourage members is scheduled to land at the airport at 10:30 am, BNP supporters began gathering on the footpaths along both sides of the nearly 10-kilometre road on the route from early mornin...