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Traffic jam at ZIA as thousands rush to receive her

Staff Correspondent
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina returned home yesterday after attending the 64th session of United Nations General Assembly in the United States.
Thousands of leaders and activists of AL and its associate organisations gathered in front of WIP terminal of the Zia International Airport and on the Airport road to
welcome Hasina, disrupting traffic movement during the morn -ing rush hours and causing sufferings to the commuters.
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Dhaka Friday October 2,2009 , M
to a halt as the party-men kept both sides of one of the busiest thoroughfares occupied for about half an hour from 8:30am. Office-goers had to face the gridlock. They were delayed for two to three hours to reach their workplaces.
The AL leaders and activists carrying banners and festoons welcomed their party chief as she came out of the WIP terminal. They thanked her for delivering speech in Bangla at the UNGA session.
The prime ministerial convoy had to stop amid welcoming slogans. In a brief speech, Hasina said she had returned home after a very successful trip.
“I am fine. The success we achieved through the trip is not mine only...it is for the whole nation,” she told the cheering crowds.
Hasina asked the party men to pray for her so that she can build a "Sonar Bangladesh" by 2021. She also thanked them to greet her on arrival.
Deputy Leader in Parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, cabinet mem bers, advisers to the prime minister, the chiefs of three services, diplomats and civil and military high officials received Hasina as she arrived at the airport at about 8:20am on a Qatar Airways flight.
On September 21, the premier left Dhaka on a nine-day visit to the US where she held bilateral talks with different heads of state and government, including the US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the UNGA session. She invited US president to visit Bangladesh.
In her address to UNGA session, she called on UN member states to bury discord and adopt a common resolve in facing grim challenges of climate change, economic turmoil and terrorism.
During the visit, Hasina also met and dined with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. Speaking at a number of meetings in New York, she urged the non-resident Bangladeshis and US companies to invest in Bangladesh.
Among those who accompanied I lasina during her visit were her sister Sheikh Rehana, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, Environment Minister Hasan Mahmud, Cabinet Secretary M Abdul Aziz, Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, former ambassador Mohammad Ziauddin, columnist Mustafa Noor-ul-Islam, prime minister's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad and Deputy Press Secretary Mahbubul Haq Shakil.