• Reporter 21
• 20 Sep, 2021

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached the USA on Sunday evening to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

"A VVIP chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG-1902) carrying the premier and her entourage members arrived at 5:40pm (local time) on Sunday in the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York," Prime Minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS.Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA M Shahidul Isalm and Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Rabab Fatima received the premier at the airport, he said.

Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen, and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam, among others, are accompanying the prime minister.

A ceremonial motorcade later escorted Sheikh Hasina to Lotte New York Palace where she will be staying during her stay in the USA.

After a two-day stopover in Helsinki, the premier left the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport for New York at 4:16 pm (Finnish capital time).

Earlier, on September 17, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Helsinki en route to New York, USA to attend the 76th UNGA.

The premier and her entourage members departed from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), Dhaka for Helsinki at 9:23 am on the same day.