PM returns home after 18-day UK-US tour

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived home early today (October 4, 2022) after completing her 18-day official tour of the UK and the USA.

A VVIP chartered flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her entourage members, which departed from London Stansted International Airport at 9:30am local time for a brief stopover, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 1:01am.

Earlier, the prime minister left Washington DC around 6:30pm on Sunday (local time).

Hasina went to London on September 15, on an official visit to the UK mainly to attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral and a reception hosted by King Charles III.

On September 19, she left London for New York while on September 24 she went to Washington DC.

During her stay in the USA, Sheikh Hasina addressed the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 23. She also took part in several events on the sidelines of the UNGA.