PM returns home from Kolkata

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Saturday night, wrapping up her two-day official visit to West Bengal, India.

A VVIP flight of Bangladesh Biman Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:34 pm (local time).

Earlier, the flight took off from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata around 9:25 pm (local time). Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali saw her off at the airport.

During her stay in West Bengal, the Prime Minister together with Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘Bangladesh Bhaban’ at Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan and held a meeting with Modi at Bangladesh Bhaban.

On Friday, she attended Visva Bharati Convocation Ceremony as the Guest of Honour.

On Saturday, Hasina received Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature at Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol.

She also had a meeting with chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banarjee.

Besides, she visited historic ‘Jorasanko Thakur Bari’, the residence of Biswa Kabi Rabindranath Tagore, and Netaji Museum in Kolkata.