PM Hasina reaches New Delhi to attend Modi's oath-taking

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached New Delhi on Saturday to attend the oath-taking ceremony of her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.

A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying Sheikh Hasina and her entourage reached Delhi, India at 11:51am local time.

The prime minister was received by a high-level Indian delegation and Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Md Mustafizur Rahman at the airport.

During her stay in New Delhi, the prime minister will hold a tete-a-tete with Modi after joining the oath-taking ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhaban at 7:20pm on Sunday.

Later, she will attend the state dinner hosted by the Indian president.

The prime minister will attend several other programs in New Delhi on Sunday.

She will return home by a Biman Bangladesh flight on Monday.

Earlier on Wednesday, Modi invited Hasina to attend his swearing-in as the prime minister of the world's largest democracy for a historic third straight term.