C T Online Desk: Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay arrived in Dhaka on Saturday for an official visit aimed at strengthening bilateral ties between Bangladesh and Bhutan.
Bangladesh rolled out a red carpet for Bhutanese Prime Minister, who arrived in Dhaka in the morning for a two-day state visit.
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus received him after a Drukair flight carrying the Bhutanese leader landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) around 8:15am.
The two leaders held a brief meeting at the airport’s VIP lounge, where Prime Minister Tobgay inquired about the damages and loss of lives caused by Friday’s earthquake and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims.
Following the meeting, Tobgay was escorted to a makeshift saluting dais, where he was accorded a 19-gun salute and a guard of honor.
After the airport ceremony, the Bhutanese Prime Minister departed for the National Martyrs’ Memorial in Savar to pay homage to the martyrs of Bangladesh’s Liberation War.
He will lay a wreath at the memorial’s altar and sign the visitors’ book.
Bangladesh’s foreign adviser and commerce adviser are expected to meet the Bhutanese leader in the afternoon before he holds a tête-à-tête with Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus at his office in the Tejgaon area around 3:00pm.
Prime Minister Tobgay will also attend an official banquet in his honor in the evening.
