Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left New York for Washington, D.C. by a VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Saturday.
Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York Rabab Fatima saw her off at the airport at 9:15 am (local time), said PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim.
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The flight is scheduled to land in Washington DC at 10:15am (local time). Bangladesh Ambassador to USA M Shahidul Islam will receive her at Dulles International Airport, Karim said.
She will stay in Washington, D.C. till September 30.
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Hasina is scheduled to leave Washington for Dhaka on September 30 and return home on October 1, after a short stopover in Finland.