Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia left for Saudi Arabia Friday night for medical treatment.
A regular flight of Emirates Airlines carrying opposition leader Khaleda Zia took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Dhaka at 9:30pm, party leaders said.
BNP leaders, including acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, saw Khaleda Zia off at the airport.
Khaleda is scheduled to return home on June 21.
BBN/SSR/AD-16June12-11:40 am (BST)