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PM returns home from Finland tomorrow
DHAKA, June 7, 2019 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return home
tomorrow wrapping up her five-day official visit to Finland, the third and
final destination of her tri-nation tour.
A Qatar Airlines flight carrying the prime minister and her entourage
members will depart Helsinki International Airport in Finland for Doha at 6
pm (Finland time) today, PM’s Speech Writer Md Nazrul Islam told BSS over
phone from the Finnish capital.
After making a stopover in Qatari capital of Doha, the prime minister will
depart for Dhaka by a VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
The flight is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here tomorrow morning.
During her stay in Finland, Sheikh Hasina had a meeting with Finnish
President Sauli Niinisto on June 4 and joined a community reception accorded
to her by All European Awami League and Finland Awami League on June 5.
On June 3, the prime minister arrived in Helsinki from Jeddah concluding
her three-day official tour to Saudi Arabia, the second destination of her
tri-nation visit.
During her three-day stay in Saudi Arabia, the prime minister attended the
14th OIC Summit 2019 held in Makkah at the invitation of Saudi King Salman
bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
She also performed the holy Umrah in Makkah and offered Ziarat at the
Rawza Mubarak of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) in Madina.
On May 28, the prime minister reached Tokyo, the capital of Japan, the
first destination of her tri-nation visit.
During her four-day stay in Japan, the two countries signed the 40th ODA
deal involving US$ 2.5 billion after a bilateral meeting between Sheikh
Hasina and her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
Besides, the premier attended the Nikkei International Conference on ‘The
Future of Asia’ as a keynote speaker, joined a community reception accorded
to her and attended a breakfast roundtable meeting with Japanese business
leaders.
The Japanese family members of the Holey Artisan victims and JICA
president Shinichi Kitaoka separately met Sheikh Hasina there.
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