PM returns home from Saudi Arabia

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina returned home early Saturday wrapping up her four-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the invitation of Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 1:20am, reports UNB.

The premier went to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday on the four-day bilateral visit at the invitation of the Saudi king, also the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.

During her stay in Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Hasina had separate meetings with the Saudi king, and Saudi crown prince and deputy prime minister Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz in Riyadh on Wednesday.

She performed holy 'Umrah' in Makkah on Thursday and offered ziarat at the Rawza Mubarak of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) at Masjid Al-Nabawi in Madinah on Wednesday night.

The prime minister also had a meeting with the Saudi business community, including leaders of the Council of Saudi Chamber (CSC) and Riyadh Chamber of Commerce, at Riyadh on Wednesday.

Five memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were signed between the two countries after the meeting.

Sheikh Hasina also opened the Chancery Complex of Bangladesh Embassy constructed on its own land at the Diplomatic Quarters in Riyadh on Wednesday and laid the foundation stone of the Chancery Building of Bangladesh Consulate in Jeddah on Thursday.