President travels to UK for health check-up

President Mohammed Shahabuddin left Dhaka for London on Saturday morning for follow-up medical treatment and health check-up.
“A regular commercial aircraft (flight BG-201) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the president and his entourage members took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 7:45am,” according to the Bangabhaban’s Press Wing.
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman, Dean of Diplomatic Corps Yousef SY Ramadan, British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke and senior officials of the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the President's Office saw him off at the airport.
The president's family members, his physicians, staff nurses and other officials and employees concerned of Bangabhaban are accompanying the President.
Earlier, President Shahabuddin's cardiac bypass surgery was completed in Singapore in October 2023. As part of follow-up medical treatment, he will undergo necessary health tests at a specialised hospital in the UK.
The president is scheduled to return home on 18 May.