PM returns home

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned to Dhaka on Monday afternoon wrapping up her maiden six-day bilateral visit to the Maldives.

“A special VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage members arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 5:30pm,” Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS.

Earlier, the flight departed from Velana International Airport at 1:20pm (Maldives local time) on Monday.

The prime minister reached the Maldives on December 22 at the invitation of the country’s President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.

On the second day of her visit on December 23, two memoranda of understanding (MoU) on the recruitment of qualified health professionals and cooperation in the areas of youth and sports development as well as an agreement on the elimination of double taxation with respect to the taxes on income and the prevention of tax evasion and avoidance were signed.

Apart from this, an MoU on the areas of healthcare and medical sciences was renewed between the health ministries of the two countries.

Bangladesh also gifted 13 military vehicles to the Maldives as a token of friendship between the two South Asian nations.

A joint communiqué was issued following the bilateral talks and the handing over ceremony of the instruments.

During the visit, the Bangladesh premier had separate meetings with Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, Vice-President Faisal Naseem,