President off to Switzerland

President Abdul Hamid left the city early Monday for Switzerland to attend two international conferences on investment and security in the Palais des Nations of Geneva, reports UNB.

A regular flight of Emirates Airlines carrying the President took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 1:40am.

The flight is scheduled to reach Cointrin Airport of Geneva at 19:50 local time.

The President will join the 20th edition of 'Global Leaders Investment Summit' and 20th annual session of 'Home Land and Global Security Forum' there.

More than 5,000 participants from 160 countries will meet in Geneva to thrash out major new investment-for-development initiative in the World Investment Forum 2018 from October 22 to 26.