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The Prime Minister reaches Washington DC from New York

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has arrived in Washington DC after attending the 76th session of the UN General Assembly and high-level side-talks. Earlier on Saturday (September 25) morning, the Prime Minister left New York.

Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said a VVIP chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines with the Prime Minister and her entourage left New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport for Washington DC at 9.15 am local time. The plane landed at Dallas International Airport in Washington DC at 10:03 a.m. local time.

Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Rabab Fatima saw the prime minister off at JFK International Airport, while Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA M Shahidul Islam received Sheikh Hasina at Dallas International Airport in Washington, DC.

Earlier, the prime minister reached New York on September 19 after a two-day stopover in Helsinki, the Finish capital.

During her stay in New York, Sheikh Hasina addressed the general debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

She delivered her speech in Bangla on September 24 following the footprint of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

From September 19 to 24, Sheikh Hasina attended several high-level and close-door meetings as well as bilateral talks with head of governments, states and organisations.

She planted a tree sapling and inaugurated a bench at the UN Gardens in North Lawn of the UN Headquarters in honour of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on September 20 marking his birth centenary.

The Prime minister is expected to return home on October 1.

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