President leaves for Nepal tomorrow

President M Abdul Hamid will fly to Nepal on a four-day state visit tomorrow noon.

“At the invitation of his Nepalese counterpart Bidhya Devi Bhandari, the President will leave Dhaka for a four-day state visit to Nepal on November 12 (Tuesday),” President’s Press Secretary M Joynal Abedin told BSS.

According to the schedule of the visit, a regular flight (No BG 71) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President and his entourage will take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here for Nepal tomorrow noon.

The flight will land at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at 12:45 pm (local time). Nepalese President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Ambassador of Bangladesh to Nepal Mashfee Binte Shams will receive President Hamid at the airport.

President Hamid will stay at the Kathmandu Marriott Hotel during his four-day visit. The Bangladesh head of state, during the visit, will meet his Nepalese counterpart. President Bhandari will host a banquet in honour of her Bangladeshi counterpart and his delegation.

The other programmes include – courtesy calls by the Nepalese Vice President, Prime Minister, Chairperson of the National Assembly, and Minister for Foreign Affairs on President Hamid. President Hamid is also scheduled to meet other Nepali political leaders.

Abdul Hamid will also visit Pokhara and the historical, archaeological and cultural sites in the Kathmandu Valley, the press secretary added.

The President is expected to return home on November 15._BSS.
 

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