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Bdnews24.com, Dhaka

Awami League president Sheikh Hasina arrived in the UK at 10.45am (GMT) yesterday, flying in from the US en route to Bangladesh, party leaders said.

She was earlier seen off at Washington DC's Dulles Airport by her son Sajib Wazed Joy, among others, and welcomed on her arrival at London's Heathrow by local AL leaders.

The former prime minister brought her return date forward by four days, to Nov 6 instead of Nov 10, following the Election Commission's announcement of parliamentary polls schedule earlier in the week.

She is scheduled to return home at 8.30am, with Awami League planning a massive gathering of supporters, to line the route from Zia International Airport to her Sudha Sadan residence, to welcome the AL chief home.

The AL's central committee met on Tuesday with Dhaka City AL leaders, presidents of AL district units and associate organisations, among others, on plans for her homecoming.

Hasina, facing five graft cases, flew to the United States on June 12 to seek medical treatment, a day after the government allowed her temporary release from special jail on parole.