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President to fly to Germany, UK for health checkup early Saturday

BSS . Dhaka
09 Oct 2021 00:00:00 | Update: 09 Oct 2021 02:12:48

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar addresses a discussion marking the 2nd anniversary of the subscription of Bangabandhu Satellite-1 by private TV channels at a hotel in Dhaka on Friday – The Business Post Photo

President M Abdul Hamid is scheduled to leave Dhaka early Saturday for a 12-day visit to Germany and the United Kingdom for a health checkup and treatment of eyes.

“A VVIP flight of Qatar Airways carrying the president will depart Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Saturday,” president’s press secretary Md Joynal Abedin told BSS Friday.

Abdul Hamid is scheduled to undergo his health checkup at Charite University Hospital in Germany and Eye Hospital in London.

“The head of the state is expected to return home by an aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited on October 22,” the press secretary added.

Earlier, the 77-year-old President Hamid has been suffering from Glaucoma for a long.

He used to have his health checkup in London and Germany while he was the Speaker in the Jatiya Sangsad.