Dhaka, May 19 -- In a historic feat, Ikramul Hasan Shakil has reached the summit of Mount Everest after walking all the way to the Himalayas from Cox's Bazar's Inani Beach.

According to a post on his Facebook page, he scaled the summit early on Monday morning, becoming the seventh Bangladeshi to conquer the world's highest peak.

Inam Al Haque, founder of the expedition's organising body the Bangla Mountaineering and Trekking Club, told bdnews24.com: "Shakil summited at 6am on Monday. He walked from Inani Beach to the top of Everest in just 84 days."

Earlier, on Mar 9, Shakil held a press conference in Gulshan, Dhaka, where he detailed the plan for his Sea to Summit journey.

At the time, he announced that he had started walking on Feb ...