Former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee, who is in Bangladesh on a four-day visit, has reached Chittagong on Tuesday morning.
Pranab Mukherjee reached Shah Amanat International Airport at 11:00am where he was welcomed by Iqbal Bahar, superintendent of Chittagong Police (SP), Zillur Rahman, deputy commissioner of the district and other higher officials.
He was later taken to hotel Radisson Blu at 12:00pm, said Saleh Mohammad Tanvir, additional commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police, says a UNB report.
The former Indian President started his journey for Chittagong University around 12:30pm where he will stay till 2:30pm.
Chittagong University will honour the visiting former Indian President with a Doctor of Letters (D. Litt) degree through a special convocation ceremony.
The university has taken the decision in its 52nd syndicate meeting recently.
The veteran politician is also scheduled to visit two dormitories -- Surya Sen and Pritilata -- during his visit and will deliver a speech for the teachers and students.
Pranab, according to his programme schedule, will visit ancestral home of Masterda Surya Sen, an influential leader of Indian independence movement against British rule, at village Noapara under Raozan upazila in Chittagong to pay homage to Surya Sen.
Pranab, who served as the 13th president of India and now enjoying his retired life by reading books and writing his diary, will meet President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday evening.
The former Indian President, who arrived in Dhaka on Sunday on private visit, will leave for New Delhi at 10:20am on Thursday.
