President Abdul Hamid will leave for Saudi Arabia on Saturday to attend the funeral of Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. President's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim confirmed the news on Friday, reports BSS.
"A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President and his entourage will leave the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10.30am on Saturday," Ihsanul Karim said. President Abdul Hamid is likely to return home on January 25. Saudi Arabia King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud died in a hospital on Friday.
President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the opposition leader of the Parliament Rawshan Ershad expressed deep shock at the death of Saudi King.
