President M Abdul Hamid is returning home this morning after completing his health check-up at a hospital in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

"A special VVIP aircraft (BG-148) of Bangladesh Biman Airlines, carrying the president and his entourage members, is expected to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 7:30am," President's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad told the news agency yesterday.

The head of the state left the country for Dubai on October 14 for health check-up and eye treatment.

The president was scheduled to return home on October 22 but he had to spend four more days in Dubai till October 26 on the advice of his foreign physicians, Abul Kalam Azad added.

The 76-year-old has been suffering from glaucoma for a long time.