KATHMANDU, Nepal, Nov 15, 2019 (BSS) – President M Abdul Hamid this
afternoon left here for home wrapping up his four-day official visit to
Nepal.
A regular aircraft (flight no BG 0070) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines
Limited carrying the President and his entourage members left Tribhuban
International Airport in Kathmandu at 04:58 pm.
His Nepalese Counterpart Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Ambassador of Bangladesh
to Nepal Mashfee Binte Shams, senior Nepalese foreign ministry officials saw
him off at the airport.
It is the maiden visit of Abdul Hamid to Nepal after being the President of
the Republic of Bangladesh. In last 48 years, no head of the state visited
Nepal, according to the foreign ministry.
Earlier, President Hamid left Dhaka for Kathmandu on November 12.
President’s spouse Rashida Khanam, his son Rejwan Ahammad Taufiq, MP, Whip
Atiur Rahman Atik, ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury, MP, Foreign Secretary Md
Shahidul Haque and concerned officials of Bangabhaban and foreign ministry
accompanied him during the trip.
The aircraft, carrying the head of the state, is scheduled to land at
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 6:30 pm.