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PM flies to Kuala Lumpur today

Tuesday, 2 December 2014


Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Kuala Lumpur today (Tuesday) on a three-day official visit to Malaysia at the invitation of her Malaysian counterpart Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, reports UNB.
A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the PM and her entourage will leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 10:10 am.
The flight is expected to reach Kuala Lumpur International AirportĀ  at 4:00 pm (local time).
Malaysian PM Najib Razak extended the invitation to Sheikh Hasina during his visit to Dhaka in November 2013.
The PM will lead a 30-member delegation comprising Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon, Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor, State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan and high government officials.
On her arrival at the airport, the PM would be received by Malaysian Deputy Minister on Foreign Affairs Hamzah Zainuddin, Deputy Minister on Human Resources Haji Ismail Haji Abdul Muttalib and Bangladesh High Commissioner to Malaysia AKM Atiqur Rahman.
After receiving a static guard of honour at the airport, Sheikh Hasina will be taken in a ceremonial motorcade to Hotel Grand Hyatt at Kuala Lumpur where she will be staying during her visit.
In the evening, community members will call on Sheikh Hasina at the bilateral meeting room of her place of residence.
On Wednesday at 10:30 am, the PM will attend a dialogue on investment and trade opportunities in Bangladesh at Grand Hyatt Hotel and deliver a speech as well as exchange views with the participants.
Hasina will later go to Malaysian Prime Minister's Office at Perdana Square in Putrajaya at 3:00 pm where she would be greeted by her Malaysian counterpart Mohd NajibTun Abdul Razak.