Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on November 12 in the morning, wrapping up her two-week visit to the UK and France.
She left the French capital, Paris, by a VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at 4.20 pm. Bangladesh Ambassador to France Khandaker Mohammad Talha saw her off at De Gaulle International Airport in Paris.
She was given a static guard of honor by 21 guards while walking through the red carpet before boarding on the plane.
The flight actually is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International airport on November 14.
However, on October 31, PM Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Scotland on the foreign visitors to attend the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) at Glasgow in Scotland and Bangladesh Investment Summit 2021 in London and handover the first ‘Unesco-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy’ in Paris.
In the tour, Hasina had meetings with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, French Prime Minister Jean Castex, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and other heads of state or Government.
Among others, she had meetings with the UK’s Prince Charles, First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland, Bill Gates, as well as other important dignitaries from different organizations and business bodies.
The Prime Minister left Scotland for London on November 3 and later went to Paris on November 9. She inaugurated the “Bangladesh Investment Summit 2021: Building Sustainable Growth Partnerships” and Roadshow on November 4.
During her stay in Paris, she also attended the inaugural session of the 75th Founding Anniversary of Unesco and the Paris Peace Forum.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined three civic receptions through the Bangladeshi community living in Scotland, London and Paris.