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Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed was being received
by the members of the Council of Advisers at the Zia
International Airport yesterday on his return from Saudi
Arabia after performing Haj. PID photo

UNB, Dhaka

Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed returned home this Monday morning after performing the holy hajj in Makkah.

On December 16, the Chief Advisor and Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed left Dhaka for Jeddah en route Makkah to perform the hajj.

A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carried the Chief Adviser and his entourage landed at the Zia International Airport at 10:40 am.

Law Adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein, Communications Adviser Maj Gen (Retd) MA Matin, Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, diplomats, the Quarter Master

General (QMG) of Army, Chiefs of Navy and Air Force and senior civil and military officials received the Chief Adviser at the VVIP tarmac of the airport.

After performing hajj, Dr Fakhruddin and his entourage went to Madinah to make ziarat at the holy Rawja Mubarak of Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (SM) and offered prayers at the Masjid-e-Nabbi.

On December 20, Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin exchanged greetings with Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz at a reception the King held for heads of state and government of different countries, ministers and eminent personalities who performed the hajj.