President Mohammed Shahabuddin returned home on Monday from Saudi Arabia after performing the holy Hajj.
A VVIP aircraft of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the president and his entourage members landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 1:47am.
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, Dean of Diplomatic Corps, chiefs of the three services, Inspector General of Police (IGP), and concerned high civil and military officials received the president at the VVIP lounge of the airport.
Before leaving Saudi Arabia, the president offered ziarat at the Rauza Mubarak of Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (peace be upon him).
Earlier, at the Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah, Deputy Governor of Madinah Ohaib Al Shehli, Head of Royal Protocol of Madinah Ibrahim Al-Bari, and Ambassador of Bangladesh to Saudi Arabia Md Javed Patwari saw the president off around 4pm on Sunday (KSA local time).
The president left Dhaka for Saudi Arabia on June 23 to perform the holy Hajj as a royal guest of the Saudi King.
