Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference on Friday afternoon to brief the media about her visit to the United States to join the 78th United Nations General Assembly.

The press conference will start at 4:00pm at her official residence Ganabhaban, PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim said this in an emergency release on Thursday.

On Wednesday, PM Hasina returned home from London after wrapping up her 16-day official visit to the US and the UK.

During her stay in New York from September 17 to 22, the PM attended the 78th United Nations General Assembly session and other high-level side and bilateral events in Washington DC from September 23-29.

Sheikh Hasina attended a reception accorded to her by Bangladeshi expatriates in the United States and visited the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC.

In London, from September 30 to October 3, Sheikh Hasina attended reception hosted by the Bangladeshi community and held several courtesy calls with some dignitaries, including a delegation of the All Party Parliamentary Groups led by Rushanara Ali, MP, chair of APPG on Bangladesh and Rohingya and the UK shadow minister for investment and small business.