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Bhutanese PM due tomorrow
DHAKA, April 11, 2019 (BSS) – Bangladesh is set to roll out red carpet as Bhutanese Premier Dr Lotay Tshering will arrive here tomorrow for a three-day official visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to bolster cooperation in trade, health and agriculture sectors.
Dhaka will receive the Bhutanese premier with a 19-gun salute in the presence of his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 8.20am.
Lotay will begin his visit by paying tributes to liberation war martyrs at National Memorial at Savar and to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his portrait at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi.
On that first day, Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen will call on the Bhutanese premier at Hotel Intercontinental here where he will stay during the visit.
The Bhutanese premier is scheduled to hold a meeting with leaders of FBCCI on the same day.
On Saturday, the Bhutanese premier will attend a bilateral meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart at Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) here, according to official sources.
After the meeting, a number of bilateral instruments regarding cooperation on inland waterways for cargo transportation, health and agriculture sectors are expected to be signed by the two sides, it added.
Health and family welfare, and shipping ministers are schedule to call on Lotay separately in the afternoon at Hotel Intercontinental.
Later of the day, the Bhutanese prime minister will meet President M Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in the evening and after that attend a banquet to be hosted by the Bangladesh Prime Minister at Hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon.
On April 14, the first day of the Bengali New Year, he will attend a new year celebrating cultural function organised by Surer Dhara at Bangabandhu international Conference Centre in the capital.
On the same day, the Bhutanese Prime Minister, an alumnus of Mymensingh Medical College, will fly to Mymensingh to visit his alma mater. He will address a students’ gathering there.
Tshering will return to Dhaka on the same day and meet the commerce minister in the afternoon.
During the visit, he is also scheduled to visit BIMSTEC Secretariat and Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons in the city.
The Bhutanese Prime Minister is scheduled to leave Dhaka on April 15 morning.
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