Dhaka: President M Abdul Hamid on Saturday reached London for health check-up and treatment of eyes.
“Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Nazmul Quaunine received the President after arriving at the Heathrow Airport around 9:15 pm Bangladesh time,” President's Press Secretary Mohammad Joynal Abedin told UNB.
Earlier, a VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President took off from Shahjalal International Airport around 11 am.
The President is scheduled to have his check-up at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Bupa Cromwell Hospital in London.
President Abdul Hamid is expected to return home on July 15.
He also underwent health check-up in London in October last year.UNB
