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POST TIME: 5 March, 2017 00:00 00 AM
PM flies to Indonesia tomorrow
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PM flies to Indonesia tomorrow

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to leave Dhaka for Jakarta tomorrow on a three-day official visit to Indonesia to attend the Leaders' Summit in Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), reports BSS. The IORA is an international organisation consisting of 21 coastal states bordering the Indian Ocean. "A Biman Bangladesh Airlines VVIP flight (BG-1086) carrying the premier and her entourage members will take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka for Jakarta at 8.40 am on Monday," PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told the news agency yesterday. The flight is scheduled to land at Halim Pardana Kusuma International Airport, Jakarta at 3pm local time. Bangladesh Ambassador to Indonesia Major General Azmal Kabir and representatives of the host government would receive the prime minister at the airport.