BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir returned home on Wednesday after performing the Umrah in Saudi Arabia.
The BNP secretary general and his wife Rahat Ara arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport via a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at about 12:35pm from Jhedda, his personal assistant M Yunus Ali said.
Talking to reporters at the airport, Fakhrul said, 鈥業 went to perform Umrah and prayed for the people of the country鈥 have nothing more to say now.鈥�
Earlier on May 5, they performed Umrah along with some local BNP leaders and activists and offered prayers in Masjid al-Haram.
They also offered mujajat praying for continued peace, prosperity and progress of the people of Bangladesh and the country as well as the entire Muslim Ummah and the divine blessings for BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, acting chairman Tarique Rahman and millions of party leaders and workers.
On May 2, Fakhrul and his wife went to Madina from Dhaka and offered fateha at the grave of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). They also offered Jumma prayers in the Prophet鈥檚 Mosque on Friday.
The couple went to Makkah on May 5 and visited various historical places after performing Umrah.
