Dhaka, Nov 16 — UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has left Dhaka after a three-day official visit to Bangladesh.
He left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Thailand around 8.50am on Wednesday, the foreign affairs ministry's external publicity wing director general Mohammad Shamim Ahsan told bdnews24.com.
Ban is scheduled to visit the flood-affected areas of Thailand and meet the country's prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
The final leg of his trip would take him to Indonesia where he would visit a community health centre and meet representatives of communities affected by deforestation in the central Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo.
The UN secretary-general will conclude his trip in Bali after attending the fourth summit of the UN and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
He is scheduled to return to New York on Nov 20.
This was the second visit by the UN chief to Bangladesh. His last visit was in November 2008.
bdnews24.com
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