Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Tuesday (Nov.19) night from Dubai ending her three-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
An Emirates flight carrying the Prime minister and her entourage members landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 10.55 pm.
Deputy Press Secretary of the Prime Minister Hassan Zahid Tushar has confirmed the PM’s arrival in the country.
Earlier, the flight took off from Dubai International Airport for Dhaka at 4:45 pm (local time). Bangladesh Ambassador to the UAE Mohammad Imran saw the premier off at the airport.
On November 17, Sheikh Hasina joined the grand opening ceremony of the five-day 16th biennial “Dubai Air Show,” one of the largest and most successful air shows in the world and the biggest aerospace event in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
She later witnessed the eye-catching aerobatic air display at Dubai World Central, Dubai’s airport of the future (also known as Dubai Al Maktoum International Airport).
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan paid a courtesy call on the Bangladesh Premier on the sidelines of the Dubai Air Show.
The Premier joined a dinner reception accorded in her honor by the Bangladesh Embassy in Abu Dhabi at Shangri-La Hotel.
Addressing the reception, Sheikh Hasina sought the UAE investment in a larger volume in potential sectors such as RMG, IT, agriculture and special economic zones in Bangladesh for mutual trade benefits.