Prime Minister Returns After Six-Day State Visit

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has returned to Bangladesh after concluding a six-day state visit to China and Malaysia.

He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at around 7:45 pm on Friday.

The prime minister's wife, Dr. Zubaida Rahman, and other members of the delegation also returned on the same flight. Senior BNP leaders welcomed Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the airport.

Zahidul Islam Rony, deputy press secretary to the prime minister, said the prime minister departed Beijing for Dhaka at 5:15 pm local time aboard a China Southern Airlines flight. He landed in Dhaka at around 7:45 pm.

Earlier, on June 21, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman began his first state visit by traveling to Malaysia. After spending 36 busy hours there, he arrived in Dalian, China, on the afternoon of June 22.