Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid will Saturday leave for Europe on a 14-day medical tour for a health check-up and the treatment of an eye problem.

President’s press secretary Joynal Abedin told UNB that the head-of-state will leave for London and Germany on a VVIP flight of Qatar Airways from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early in the morning.

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The press secretary also said that the President is expected to return home on an aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on October 22.

The 77-year-old President has long been suffering from glaucoma, a group of eye conditions that damage the optical nerve.