PM Sheikh Hasina to leave Johannesburg for home today

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Johannesburg for home today after attending the 15th BRICS Summit held on August 22-24. She attended the summit at the invitation of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.

A regular flight of Emirates Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members will depart from the OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa around 1:40pm (local time) today.

The flight is scheduled to land at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka at 8:40 am (BD time) on August 27 after one hour stopover at the Dubai International Airport in UAE.

The prime minister arrived in Johannesburg on August 22 night to attend the 15th BRICS Summit. South Africa hosted the historic 15th Summit of BRICS nations -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

It was the first BRICS Summit to be hosted in person since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent global restrictions. President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the summit.

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