President arrives in New York

NEW YORK, June 17, 2014 (BSS): President Abdul Hamid arrived here on Monday after attending the "Commemorative Summit of G77 and China" in Santa Cruz in Bolivia.

Deputy Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Md Mustafizur Rahman received the President at the John F. Kennedy International Airport at 2.39 pm (local time). Permanent

Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations A K Abdul Momen accompanied the President from Bolivia.

Earlier, President Hamid left the Viru Viru International Airport of Santa Cruz in the early hours of Monday.