<div style="text-align: justify; "><b><br></b></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left the country for Saudi Arabia on Thursday afternoon to perform Umrah.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fakhrul along with his wife Rahat Ara Begum left Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight around 3:15pm, his personal assistant M Yunus Ali told UNB.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said the BNP leader and his wife will first go to Medina to offer fateha at the grave of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Pbuh) and offer prayers in the Prophet's Mosque.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Later, they will go to Makkah to perform the holy Umrah and offer prayers in Masjid al-Haram.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The BNP leader is scheduled to return home on May 8 .</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mirza Fakhrul was arrested on October 29, the day after the BNP's grand rally in Dhaka's Naya Paltan was foiled by the police. He was released on bail on February 15 after almost three and a half months of imprisonment, reports UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The BNP secretary general has been suffering from various physical complications since going to jail. His wife Rahat Ara Begum is also sick.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After his release from jail, the couple went to Singapore for treatment on March 4.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>