Bhutanese King arrives in Dhaka on 4-day visit

Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck arrived in Dhaka on Monday morning on a four-day official.

A special VVIP flight carrying the King of Bhutan landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:15am. President Mohammed Shahabuddin received the king with a flower bouquet.  

The king will go to Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32 to pay tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

He will hold a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud this noon. 

On Tuesday, the king will visit the National Martyrs' Memorial at Savar. Along with the president and prime minister, the king will attend the ceremony there.

The king will also visit Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. He will have a meeting with the president at 4:30pm on Tuesday.

The president will host Iftar and dinner in honour of the visiting royal.

On Wednesday morning, the Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck, Queen of Bhutan and selected Bhutanese delegation members will leave Bangladesh for Bhutan by a special flight.

Bangabandhu's daughter Sheikh Rehana and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen will see them off at the airport.

The Bhutanese king will also visit Padma Bridge and Bangladesh Special Economic Zone, Araihazar, Narayanganj.

On Thursday, the king will visit Kurigram Special Economic Zone.

He will leave Bangladesh territory for Golakganj, Assam via Sonahat Land Port on Thursday afternoon. Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, state minister for shipping will see him off there.