Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has extended a warm welcome to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman.
In a post on his verified Facebook page, the Jamaat Ameer wrote, "Mr Tarique Rahman, welcome home with your family!"
Tarique Rahman returned to his homeland after 17 years in exile. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying Tarique Rahman from London landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka at 11:40am via Sylhet.
On his arrival from London, Tarique Rahman was accorded a warm reception and emotional greetings at HSIA.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir earlier led the party's standing committee members to greet the acting chairman and accord a reception at the VVIP Lounge of the airport as Tarique Rahman embraced them with a wide smile and warm handshake.
After airport proceedings, he started his journey to the 36 Expressway (300-Foot Road) venue by bus amid tight security. Before that, he touched down on the soil with dew-dropped grasses barefoot and grasped a fist of soil, brought it to his nose and sniffed, being emotional.
Then, a motorcade escorted Tarique Rahman's bus to the venue as millions of people standing on both sides of the airport road, bound to 300 feet, welcomed him with chanting slogans.