Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will depart Johannesburg for Dhaka on Saturday, wrapping up her visit to South Africa.
She attended the 15th BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg on August 22-24 at the invitation of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
A regular flight of Emirates, carrying the premier and her entourage, will take off from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg at around 1:40pm (local time).
The flight is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 8:40am on Sunday (BST) after a two-hour stopover at Dubai International Airport in UAE.
On August 22, Sheikh Hasina arrived in Johannesburg to attend the 15th Summit of BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This year’s summit was hosted by South Africa.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attended the summit.
It was the first BRICS Summit to be hosted in person since the emergence of the Covid pandemic and the subsequent global restrictions.
President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the summit.
On August 23, the prime minister delivered a speech as the chief guest at the "Bangladesh Trade and Business Summit", organised by Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) and Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA).
Later, she attended the "Bangladesh Envoys Conference" organized by Bangladesh ambassadors stationed in African countries.
In the afternoon, she held a bilateral meeting with Chinese President XI Jinping at the Hotel Hilton Sandton.
In the evening, the prime minister joined a cultural programme and "State Banquet" hosted by the current chair of BRICS and the South African president.
On August 24, she addressed on behalf of Bangladesh as a member of the "New Development Bank of BRICS" at Friends of BRICS Leaders Dialogue (BRICS-Africa Outreach and the BRICS Plus Dialogues) comprising representatives from 70 countries.
On the sidelines of the BRICS Summit, bilateral meetings between Sheikh Hasina and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of Mozambique Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President of Tanzania Dr Saima Sulluhu and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi were held at Sandton Convention Centre on Thursday.
A meeting was also held between Bangladesh premier and President of the New Development Bank Dilma Vana Rousseff at the same venue.
During the meetings, the dignitaries highly praised Bangladesh's remarkable development under Sheikh Hasina's prudent leadership, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said in a media briefing.
In the evening, she met the Bangladeshi expatriates living in South Africa.
