President flies to London for treatment

President M Abdul Hamid on Saturday left Dhaka for London for health check-up and treatment of eyes, reports UNB.

President's Press Secretary Mohammad Joynal Abedin told the news agency that a VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited carrying the President took off from Shahjalal International Airport around11:00 am.

The President is scheduled to have his check-up at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Bupa Cromwell Hospital in London, he added.

Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury, LGRD and Co-operatives Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, dean of diplomatic corps and ambassador of Vatican in Bangladesh, British high commissioner in Dhaka, cabinet secretary, chiefs of three services, Prime Minister's principal secretary, inspector general of police (IGP), foreign secretary, and civil and military high officials concerned saw him off at the VVIP Lounge of the airport.

President Abdul Hamid is expected to return home on July 15.