Dhaka: President Abdul Hamid left Dhaka for Singapore on Tuesday morning on a six-day visit for his medical checkup there, reports UNB.

A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the President, took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at about 10:30am.

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, the dean of the diplomatic corps in Bangladesh, the cabinet secretary, the chiefs of the three services and high civil and military officials concerned saw him off at the airport.

The President is likely to return home on 11 December.