BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday returned home after being discharged from hospital.

The BNP leader was admitted to Square Hospital few days ago with fever, cold and respiratory problems. He left the hospital in the afternoon on the advice of doctors, Rizvi's personal assistant Arifur Rahman Tushar said.

Earlier, on February 11, BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman visited him at the hospital.