PM arrives in Doha
Dhaka, May 29 (UNB) - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Qatar`s capital Doha on a two-day official visit to the Middle East country to attend the Annual US-Islamic World Forum.
Sheikh Rashed Khalifa, Assistant Minister for Service Department at Qatar`s Foreign Ministry, received Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her arrival at 10:50 am (local time) at Doha International Airport by a special flight of Qatar Airways.
Bangladesh Ambassador to Qatar Md Shahdat Hossain was present at the airport.
Earlier, the special flight of Qatar Airways took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Doha with the Prime Minister and her entourage at 8:45 am (BST).
Cabinet ministers, senior Awami League leaders and high civil and military officials saw the Prime Minister off at the VVIP tarmac.
The US-Islamic World Forum is scheduled to be held in Doha on Tuesday-Thursday.
The Prime Minister will be staying at Ritz Carlton Hotel during the visit.
Sheikh Hasina is leading a 38-member Bangladesh delegation comprising Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni and Ambassador at-Large M Ziauddin.
She will deliver a keynote speech at the forum on Tuesday evening and attend a gala dinner at Wosail Ball Room, Lobby Floor of the Ritz Carlton Hotel.
The Prime Minister is expected to return home on the afternoon of May 30 by a VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd.
The US-Islamic World Forum is designed to bring together leaders in the realms of politics, business, media, academia, and civil society from across the Islamic world and the United States.
The forum seeks to serve as both a convening body and catalyst for positive action.
The emphasis for this year’s forum is on the challenge of change, and it will feature plenaries on social, political, and strategic transformations in the Muslim world.
Policymakers and officials, thought leaders and activists, and entrepreneurs and journalists will meet in various sessions to facilitate productive dialogue on the problems in US relations with the Islamic world.
Sheikh Rashed Khalifa, Assistant Minister for Service Department at Qatar`s Foreign Ministry, received Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her arrival at 10:50 am (local time) at Doha International Airport by a special flight of Qatar Airways.
Bangladesh Ambassador to Qatar Md Shahdat Hossain was present at the airport.
Earlier, the special flight of Qatar Airways took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Doha with the Prime Minister and her entourage at 8:45 am (BST).
Cabinet ministers, senior Awami League leaders and high civil and military officials saw the Prime Minister off at the VVIP tarmac.
The US-Islamic World Forum is scheduled to be held in Doha on Tuesday-Thursday.
The Prime Minister will be staying at Ritz Carlton Hotel during the visit.
Sheikh Hasina is leading a 38-member Bangladesh delegation comprising Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni and Ambassador at-Large M Ziauddin.
She will deliver a keynote speech at the forum on Tuesday evening and attend a gala dinner at Wosail Ball Room, Lobby Floor of the Ritz Carlton Hotel.
The Prime Minister is expected to return home on the afternoon of May 30 by a VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd.
The US-Islamic World Forum is designed to bring together leaders in the realms of politics, business, media, academia, and civil society from across the Islamic world and the United States.
The forum seeks to serve as both a convening body and catalyst for positive action.
The emphasis for this year’s forum is on the challenge of change, and it will feature plenaries on social, political, and strategic transformations in the Muslim world.
Policymakers and officials, thought leaders and activists, and entrepreneurs and journalists will meet in various sessions to facilitate productive dialogue on the problems in US relations with the Islamic world.
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