BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia is set to travel to the United Kingdom for advanced medical treatment, with all preparations finalized and her departure scheduled for January 7. Her personal physician, Dr. Al Mamun, confirmed the news on Wednesday, December 25.

Begum Zia will depart from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport via air ambulance, accompanied by a 16-member team. The delegation includes her late son Arafat Rahman Koko's wife, Syeda Sharmila Rahman, personal doctors Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain and Dr. Md. Enamul Haque Chowdhury, along with others like Tabith Mohammed Awal, Fakhruddin Mohammed Siddique, Md. Shahabuddin Talukdar, Nuruddin Ahmad, Md. Zakir Iqbal, Mohammed Al Mamun, Sharifa Karim Swarna, her personal officer ABM Abdus Sattar, and additional team members Masudur Rahman, SM Parvez, Fatema Begum, and Rupa Sikdar.