PM returns home

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home this afternoon from Beijing after wrapping up her six-day official visit to China at the invitation of her Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang.

A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and members of her entourage landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at about 2.15 pm.

Ministers, parliament members, senior Awami League leaders and high civil and military officials were present at the airport to welcome Sheikh Hasina.

Earlier, the Prime Minister and members of her entourage departed Beijing International Airport at about 11:00am Chinese time (9:00am BST) for Dhaka.

Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of China Liu Zhenmin and Bangladesh Ambassador in Beijing Muhammad Azizul Haque saw the Premier off at the airport.