Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to return home today after attending the International Conference on Women in Islam and performing Umrah.
A commercial Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage will take off from the King Abdulaziz International Airport at 10 pm local time in Jeddah on Tuesday.
The flight is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) around 8 am on Wednesday. Earlier, on the afternoon of November 5, the Prime Minister landed at the Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah and paid a visit to the Holy Prophet Muhammad SAW at the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. Sheikh Hasina recited Fatiha and prayed there after Asr prayer.
He left Madinah and reached Makkah on the same day and night. Later, the Prime Minister performed the holy Umrah at Masjidul Haram (Kaaba Sharif) after Isha prayer.
On November 6, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended the ‘Women in Islam’ conference and gave a speech. On the sidelines of this conference, he also met with the top officials of OIC and member countries. Besides attending the conference, Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Women in Islam exhibition. He attended the dinner organized in honor of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
Saudi Arabia jointly organized the conference with the General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from November 6 to 8.
