BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is set to leave for London on Tuesday night for eye treatment and celebrating Eid-ul-Azha there with her elder son Tarique Rahman.
It will be her first meeting with Tarique, who has been living there for “treatment”, since Khaleda’s younger son Arafat Rahman died in January.
She is scheduled to leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for London in a flight of Emirates Airlines around 9:30pm, said BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan.
“She [Khaleda] was scheduled to go earlier, but could not due to political reasons. Party leaders requested her to celebrate Eid with her family members in London,” Nazrul Islam told the Dhaka Tribune.
Party sources said Koko’s wife and two daughters are also scheduled to go to London in a day or two to celebrate Eid with other family members, including Khaleda.
It will be the first reunion and celebration of any eid festival together of the Zia family members since 2008.