DHAKA, May 8 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir returned home on Wednesday after performing the holy Umrah in Saudi Arabia.

The BNP secretary general and his wife Rahat Ara Begum arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport via a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines around 12:35pm from Jhedda, his personal assistant M Yunus Ali told UNB.

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Talking to reporters at the airport, Fakhrul said, "I went to perform Umrah and prayed for the people of the country.I have nothing more to say now."

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 pray...