Cameron wishes to visit Bangladesh

British Prime Minister David Cameron has assured her Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina of continued support to her government. At a meeting with Hasina in his 10 Downing Street office in London, Cameron praised Bangladesh’s socioeconomic development and the development of women. He expressed his desire to visit the country to witness this success for himself. ‘In the meeting, David Cameron praised our persistent economic progress and achievements in protecting the freedom and rights of women,’ prime minister’s Press Secretary AKM Shamim Chowdhury told journalists after the meeting. Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque said the British prime minister told Hasina he wanted to see with his own eyes how Bangladesh had progressed so much in terms of women’s development and maintained a steady economic growth of six per cent. ‘He said he also wanted to see how we were countering the challenges of fundamentalist forces. He praised the prime minister, saying she has been tackling this difficult challenge for a long time,’ Haque said. Cameron also wanted to go to Sylhet, he said, according to bdnews24.com.