Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasina PM arrives in Doha
Dhaka, May 23: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Qatar's capital Doha on Monday on a three-day official visit to attend the Qatar Economic Forum (QEF) 2023.
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying Sheikh Hasina and her entourage landed at Hamad International Airport at 5:32 pm local time.
High-level representative of Qatar government and Ambassador of Bangladesh to Qatar Md. Nazrul Islam welcomed the Prime Minister at the airport. Earlier, Prime Minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told the official news agency BSS that a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying Sheikh Hasina and her entourage left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 3:13 pm on Monday.
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, Parliament Deputy Leader Begum Matia Chowdhury, Chief Whip Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Md Mahbub Ali, Cabinet Secretary, Army, Air and Navy Acting The Chief of Army Staff, the Inspector General of Police and the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps bid farewell to the Prime Minister at the airport.
During the visit, the Prime Minister will attend a forum titled 'Third Qatar Economic Forum: New Global Growth Story' at the invitation of Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. QEF is the Middle East's leading voice dedicated to global business and investment. The main objective of this forum is to find solutions through increased mutual cooperation among the international community to address the multi-faceted challenges and crises that are ongoing globally and the resulting adverse economic impacts.
Sheikh Hasina will attend the inaugural session of the 3rd QEF on May 23. In Doha, she will address the students of Qatar University and hold separate meetings with Qatar's Minister of State for Energy Sa'ad bin Sheridah Al Kaabi and Saudi Arabia's Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih.
The Prime Minister will join the QEF on May 24. She will meet the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Sani (Amiri Diwan) and visit Awsaz Academy (a specialized school). She is expected to return home on May 25 morning.
