BD team joins Doha Forum

Dr Khalilur Rahman, the High Representative on Rohingya Problem and Priority Issues Affairs' to the Chief Adviser (CA), is leading a Bangladesh delegation at the ongoing Doha Forum, which began in Qatar on Saturday, reports BSS.

Organised by the Government of Qatar, the 22nd edition of the Doha Forum, themed 'The Innovation Imperative', is being held at Al Dafna conference hall in Doha under the banner 'Diplomacy, Dialogue, Diversity', said a foreign ministry's press release.

The delegation includes Bangladesh's Ambassador to Qatar Md Nazrul Islam and Director General (DG) of the West Asia Wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Md Shafiqul Rahman.

The two-day forum, which concludes today, has drawn over 1,000 participants from more than 100 countries.

Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attended the inaugural session while Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani delivered the keynote address.

On the sidelines of the forum, Dr Khalilur Rahman attended as the chief guest an event celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and Qatar.

The event, held in Doha on Friday evening, featured an awards ceremony for a badminton competition organised by the expatriate Bangladeshi community.

Addressing the gathering, Dr Rahman expressed his gratitude to the expatriate Bangladeshis for their contributions to the July-August mass uprising and presented awards to the winners.

He also briefed attendees on the reforms undertaken by the interim government led by Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus.