Marshall Island President, Ban Ki-moon due in city tomorrow

Marshall Island President Dr Hilda Heine and former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow (Tuesday) on a two-day visit to attend the "Dhaka Meeting of the Global Commission on Adaptation", reports UNB.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen is scheduled to receive them at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the one-day meeting on Wednesday morning at Inter Continental Dhaka.

Ban Ki-moon, the current chair of Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA), will address a session titled "Way forward and next step towards climate change adaptation".

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to hold a meeting with the Marshall Island President and the former UN chief at the same hotel.

Dr Hilda, Ban Ki-moon and CGA CO-Chair Dr Kristaline Georgieva will address the opening session of the meeting.

The Marshal Island President and Ban Ki-moon are likely to visit Khrushkul Special Asrayan Project at Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar district.

Foreign Minister Dr Momen will host a dinner in honour of the dignitaries at Inter Continental in the evening.

Dr Hilda and Ban Ki-moon will leave Dhaka in the early hours of Thursday.

The foreign minister will see them off at the airport.