President Abdul Hamid left Dhaka for London for medical checkup.
A flight of Emirates Airlines carrying the president took-off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:15am Sunday.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, dean of diplomatic corps, cabinet secretary, chiefs of three services and high civil and military officers saw him off at the airport.
Abdul Hamid will undergo medical checkup at Moorfield Eye Hospital and Bupa Cromwell Hospital.
He is expected to return home on August 31.