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PM-BRUNEI-VISIT
PM flies to Brunei Sunday
DHAKA, April 17, 2019 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to leave
here on Sunday on a three-day official visit to Brunei Darussalam at the
invitation of kingdom’s Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah.
Officials familiar with the premier’s programme said the visit was expected
to yield a number of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and woo Brunei
investment in Bangladesh.
PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS that a special Biman Bangladesh
Airlines flight would depart Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA)
for Brunei on Sunday morning carrying the premier and her entourage members.
The flight is scheduled to land at Brunei International Airport in Bandar
Seri Begawan, the Brunei capital, at 2:45 pm local time when Crown Prince of
Brunei Darussalam Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah is expected to receive her at the
airport.
After the official welcome ceremony, a ceremonial motorcade will escort the
prime minister to Empire Hotel and Country Club, where she will be staying
during her visit.
On the first day of her visit, Sheikh Hasina would join a community
reception to be hosted in her honour by the expatriate Bangladeshis in Brunei
at Indera Samudera Ballroom of Empire Hotel and Country Club.
She would attend a dinner to be hosted by the high commissioner of
Bangladesh to Brunei the same day.
On Monday morning, Sheikh Hasina will have a general audience with Sultan
Haji Hassanal Bolkiah and Royal family members at Cheradi Laila Kenchana at
the Istana Nurul Iman, the official residence of the Sultan.
“After the audience, the prime minister will hold bilateral talks with the
Sultan at Baitul Mesyuarah in Istana Nurul Iman,” Karim said adding that the
talks would be followed by signing ceremony of the memorandums of
understanding (MoUs).
In the afternoon, the prime minister will join a meeting between Bangladesh
Business Community and Brunei Business Community and Brunei National Chamber
of Commerce and Industry at Empire Hotel and Country Club.
She will visit Jame Asr Mosque and offer Asr prayers there.
Sheikh Hasina will attend official banquet to be hosted in her honour by
the Sultan at Istana Nurul Iman.
On Tuesday morning, the prime minister will lay the foundation stone of new
Chancery Building of Bangladesh High Commission at the Diplomatic Enclave at
Jalan Kebangsaan in Brunei capital. Later, she will visit Royal Regalia
Museum.
Sheikh Hasina will leave Brunei for home at 5 pm local time and reach
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the evening.
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