BANGLADESH

The opposition chief whip, who was injured in a clash with police, has returned to the country after receiving treatment in the United States.

Zainal Abedin Farroque landed in Dhaka at around 8.15pm Friday night where he was greeted by Dhaka mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka and BNP MPs.

"No matter how much they torture me, they won't be able to silence me," Farroque told the press outside the airport.

"The government wanted to shut me up with torture. But I will remain with my leader and the anti-government movement to the end of my life," he said.

Farroque came under police attack when he was leading a procession of some 25 MPs from Farmgate to the parliament building on July 6, the first day of an opposition-sponsored 48-hour shutdown.

He received primary treatment at the United Hospital and was taken to the United States on July 13.