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PRESIDENT-VISIT-NEPAL-TOMORROW
President leaves for Nepal tomorrow
DHAKA, Nov 11, 2019 (BSS) – 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/ASG/SIR/ARS/1902 hrs