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PM's Singapore tour begins Sunday

| Updated: March 11, 2018 09:54:24


PM's Singapore tour begins Sunday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave Dhaka for Singapore on Sunday morning on a four-day official visit.

The Prime Minister is visiting the country at the invitation of her Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong.

A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage will depart Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8:25am.

The flight (BG 084) is scheduled to reach Changi Airport of Singapore at 2:45pm (local time).

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid, senior government officials and a high-level business delegation will accompany her.

According to UNB, six agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) could be signed during the visit.

During the tour, Bangladesh will request the incumbent chair of ASEAN, Singapore, to extend its support to Bangladesh on Rohingya issue, Mahmood Ali said.

During her four-day visit, she will be staying at Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore.

On Monday, the Prime Minister will attend the welcome ceremony at 11am (local time) at Istana, the official residence and office of Singaporean President.

Sheikh Hasina will pay a courtesy on first female Muslim President of Singapore Halimah Yacob.

Bangladesh will sit in a bilateral meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loongat on Monday at Istana.

The signing ceremony of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) will also be held at the same venue.

Later, the Prime Minister will join official lunch to be hosted by Singapore Prime Minister Lee HsienLoong in honour of Sheikh Hasina at Banquet Hall of Istana.

She will visit the Port Authority of Singapore on Monday afternoon and attend dinner to be hosted by High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Singapore Mustafizur Rahman.

On Tuesday, the Prime Minister will attend an orchid naming ceremony at National Orchid Gardens of Singapore Botanical Garden at 8:30am, where an orchid will be named after Sheikh Hasina.

She will address Bangladesh-Singapore Business Forum-2018 and Bangladesh-Singapore Business roundtable as the chief guest at her place of residence in the morning.

Later, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sampcorp (TBC) will meet the Prime Minister at 11:55am at TBC.

On Wednesday, Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to return home through a flight of Bangladesh Biman wrapping her four-day tour.

The flight (BG 085) carrying the Prime Minister will depart Changi Airport at 3:50pm (local time) and will reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 6pm.

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