Bhutanese PM Tshering Tobgay arrives in Dhaka for two-day state visit
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus welcomed him at the airport, where the two leaders held a brief meeting at the VIP lounge.
Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay arrived in Dhaka this morning (22 November) for a two-day state visit, during which he will hold a series of meetings with Bangladesh's top leadership.
Bangladesh received him with full state honours after a Drukair flight carrying the Bhutanese premier landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) around 8:15am.
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus welcomed him at the airport, where the two leaders held a brief meeting at the VIP lounge.
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During the conversation, Prime Minister Tobgay enquired about the damage and loss of lives caused by yesterday's (21 November) earthquake and conveyed his condolences to the affected families.
He was then escorted to a makeshift saluting dais and accorded a 19-gun salute and a guard of honour.
After the airport ceremony, the Bhutanese leader travelled to the National Martyrs' Memorial in Savar to pay homage to the martyrs of Bangladesh's Liberation War. He laid a wreath at the memorial's altar and signed the visitors' book.
Later in the afternoon, Bangladesh's foreign adviser and commerce adviser are expected to meet Prime Minister Tobgay before he holds a tête-à-tête with Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus at his Tejgaon office around 3pm.
An official banquet in his honour will take place in the evening.
Bhutanese PM pays homage to Liberation War martyrs in Savar
Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay paid tributes to the Liberation War martyrs by placing a wreath at the National Memorial in Savar on the outskirts of the capital shortly after his arrival here on a two-day state visit.
After placing the wreath at the altar of the memorial, he stood in solemn silence for a few minutes in memory of the martyrs of the great Liberation War in 1971.
A contingent of the Bangladesh Army, Navy, and Air Force presented a state salute while a melancholy tune was being played on the bugles.
Later, the Bhutanese premier signed the visitors' book kept there and planted a Bakul sapling on the memorial premises.
