Dhaka, Dec. 25 -- Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Tarique Rahman returned to Dhaka on Thursday morning to a rapturous welcome by tens of thousands of his followers, after spending 17 years in exile in London.
Travelling in a bulletproof vehicle, part of a slow-moving cavalcade with three layers of security, Rahman reached the site of a massive rally organised by his party at Dhaka's Purbachal area, as a slogan-shouting crowd went into a frenzy at the sight of their leader.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, and leaders including Salahuddin Ahmed, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Mirza Abbas were among those present to welcome the prodigal son back home.
After the rally, the 60-year-old BNP acting chairman, who r...