Pope leaves Dhaka after three-day visit

Pope Francis left Dhaka this afternoon after concluding his three-day visit to Bangladesh. 

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali saw the top Catholic priest off at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka as he left for Rome at 5:10pm by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

The pope passed a busy schedule during his final day here as he was greeted by hundreds of Bangladeshi nuns at the Mother Teresa House clinic at Tejgaon in the morning, BSS adds.

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Earlier he paid tribute to the works of Catholics in Bangladesh at the Church Rosario in the capital where schools and clinics run by the church provide a lifeline for poor communities.

Prior to his journey to airport, Pope Francis addressed in front of estimated 10,000 youths and urged them to grow up with the wisdom of God that refers to communal harmony, brotherhood and goodness.

He also advised the young people to give more time to their family rather being busy with their digital devices, BSS reports.

Francis arrived in Bangladesh on Thursday to a red carpet reception to be received by President Abdul Hamid after wrapping up a sensitive tour to Buddhist-majority Myanmar.

Upon his arrival in Dhaka on Thursday, the pope demanded international community's "decisive measures" to resolve the Rohingya crisis, standing by Bangladesh at a civic reception at Bangabhaban after a meeting with the president.