PM Hasina arrives in Washington, D.C.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Washington, D.C. today.

A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier, landed at Dulles International Airport at 10:03am (local time), said PM's press secretary Ihsanul Karim.

Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA M Shahidul Islam received her at the airport.

Earlier, Bangladesh's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York Rabab Fatima saw her off at the airport in New York at 9:15am (local time).

The PM will stay in Washington till September 30.

Hasina is scheduled to leave Washington for Dhaka on September 30 and return home on October 1, after a short stopover in Finland.