Dhaka, March 22 -- Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, left Dhaka for London on Sunday morning.

She departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight (BG-201), according to airport authorities.

The flight is scheduled to land at London's Heathrow Airport at 9:00pm.

BNP sources said Dr Zubaida Rahman is travelling to London to attend a medical training programme.

She returned to Bangladesh last year after living in London with her husband Tarique Rahman for 17 years.

During her stay there, she worked as a cardiologist at a London hospital.

On Saturday, Eid day, she attended an Eid greetings programme with the Prime Minister at the state guest house Jamuna.

Later, they visited...