Sun News Desk : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today left Tokyo for Washington DC after wrapping up her four-day official visit to Japan.

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A flight of the United Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members took off from the Haneda International Airport in Tokyo around 15.55pm (Japan time) for Dallas International Airport in Washington DC to attend the ceremony marking a 50-year partnership between Bangladesh and the World Bank in Washington DC on May 1, PM's speechwriter M Nazrul Islam told BSS.

The flight is scheduled to land in the Dallas International Airport around 15:50pm (USA time).

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Ambassador of Bangladesh to the USA Muhammad Imran will receive the prime minister at the airport.

The premier will leave Washington DC for London on May 4 to attend the coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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Earlier on April 25, a special chartered VVIP flight (BG1403) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members landed at the Haneda International Airport, Tokyo at 4.45pm (local time) on the first leg of her 15-day official visit to Japan, the USA and the UK.

Japan had rolled out a red carpet to welcome the Bangladeshi Prime Minister and gave her the static guard of honour at the airport.

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