Zubaida Rahman, wife of Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman, left Dhaka for London on Thursday after spending a month in Bangladesh.
She departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:55 am for Heathrow Airport, London, in a flight of Qatar Airways, said Atikur Rahman Rumon, a member of the BNP Media Cell.
鈥楢s soon as she boarded the plane, Zubaida Rahman called Madam (Khaleda Zia) and sought her blessings,鈥� Rumon said.
On Wednesday night, he said Tarique鈥檚 wife met her mother Iqbal Mand Banu at their home in Dhanmondi, 鈥楳ahbub Bhaban鈥�, to bid her farewell.
Later, Rumon said, she returned to Feroza, the residence of her mother-in-law Khaleda Zia in Gulshan in Dhaka.
After four months of advanced treatment in London, BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia returned to the country on May 6, accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, including Zubaida.
Zubaida鈥檚 return marked the end of her 17 years of exile in London.
Tarique Rahman, Zubaida and their daughter Zaima Rahman have been living in London since 2008.
Zubaida passed the MBBS examination with top merit and began her career as a government doctor after qualifying through the BCS in 1995.
She secured first place in the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS-Health) examination.
Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 government dismissed her from her position after she went to London on study leave in 2008.
After settling in London, Zubaida obtained a postgraduate degree in medicine from Imperial College.
