Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena left Dhaka for Colombo on Saturday after wrapping up his three-day official visit to Bangladesh with a pledge to strengthen bilateral trade and investment cooperation. A Sri Lankan Airlines flight carrying the Lankan president took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 1pm. It was Sirisena’s first visit to Bangladesh as Sri Lankan president. He had visited Bangladesh earlier in 2013 and 2014 as Sri Lankan health minister. During the visit, President Sirisena held meetings with President Md Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Speaker of the Parliament Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 15, 2017 10:18 UTC