DHAKA, Nov 10, 2019 (BSS) – President M Abdul Hamid will pay a four-day state visit to Nepal from November 12 to 15.
“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 this evening.
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 Tuesday noon.
The flight will land at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at 12:45 pm (local time) on the day. 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 Marriott Kathmandu 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 scheduled to return home on November 15.