Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Singapore on Sunday on a four-day official visit at the invitation of her Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong.
During her visit, a bilateral meeting will be held between the two prime ministers, said Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali while briefing reporters at his ministry on Wednesday.
Sheikh Hasina will pay a courtesy on first female Muslim President of Singapore Halimah Yacob, he said.
During the visit, a programme will be held to name an orchid after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Singapore botanical garden, said Mahmood Ali.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid and senior government officials will accompany the premier.
A high-level business delegation will also accompany her. The prime minister will address Bangladesh-Singapore Business Forum-2018 and Bangladesh-Singapore Business roundtable as the chief guest there.
On March 12, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will host lunch in honour of Sheikh Hasina.
Six agreements and Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) are likely to be signed during her visit, reports UNB.
The six deals are MoU on Collaboration of Investment Activities into Bangladesh (between International Enterprise Singapore and the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority), MoU on Public Private Partnership (between International Enterprise Singapore and the Public Private Partnership Authority, Prime Minister's Office of Bangladesh), Confidential Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to expand the Air Service Agreement, MoU on Digital leadership, Innovation, and Digital Government Transformation (between the National University of Singapore Institute of System Science and ICT Division of Bangladesh), MoU between FBCCI and Singapore Manufacturing Federation to strengthen business relations and promote economic cooperation, and MoU between MCCI and Singapore Manufacturing Federation to strengthen business relations and promote economic cooperation.