PM returns home from UK

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has returned to Dhaka on Thursday morning after a three-day official visit to the United Kingdom.

Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 24 July 2014, 05:55 AM
Updated : 24 July 2014, 05:57 AM

The Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, carrying Hasina and her entourage, landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 9.30am.

She left the Heathrow International Airport in London around 11pm BdST on Wednesday.

Hasina was in the UK on invitation from British PM David Cameron.

On Tuesday, the prime minister attended the Girls Summit 2014 in London.

She participated in a high-level session of the summit with Burkina Faso First Lady Chantal Compaore and Pakistan's education activist Malala Yousafzai at Walworth Academy.

The session was moderated by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake.

In her first visit to a European country after assuming office for the straight second term, Hasina met British PM David Cameron at his 10 Downing Street office.