BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia returned home on Friday evening after a 14-day stay in the capital's Evercare Hospital after taking treatment.
The BNP chief left the hospital at 5:40pm and reached her Gulshan residence around 6:10pm.
Earlier at a press conference, the medical board formed to ensure Khaleda's treatment at the hospital, said the ailing BNP chief was discharged from the hospital due to a risk of Covid infection as the virus cases are on the rise again in the country.
Shahabuddin Talukder, the head of the medical board, said: "Madame (Khaleda) is still ill. But she's now stable. We don't want to keep her here (hospital) now amid the surge in Covid cases. There's a chance of Covid and other infections if she now stays here."
He also feared that her condition will be very critical if Khaleda gets a viral or bacterial infection. "That is why the full medical board has decided to release her from the hospital."
The physician said if there is any complications further, she will be admitted to the hospital immediately.
