WASHINGTON, April 29 (NNN-BSS) — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived Friday in Washington from Tokyo, Japan to attend the ceremony marking the 50-year partnership between Bangladesh and the World Bank here on May 1.
A United Airlines flight carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage members landed at the Dulles International Airport in Washington DC at around 03:35pm on Friday.
Ambassador of Bangladesh to the USA Muhammad Imran received the Prime Minister at the airport.
After her seven-day visit to Washington, she will leave the USA for London on May 4 to attend the coronation of Charles III and his wife Camilla as the king and the queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.
Her sister Sheikh Rehana, foreign minister AK Abdul Momen, agriculture minister Abdur Razzaque, prime minister’s private industry and investment adviser Salman F Rahman, state minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam, state minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid and state minister for information and communication technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak along with the relevant high level government officials accompanied the prime minister during her 4-day visit to Japan.
The prime minister is scheduled to reach Dhaka from London on May 9. — NNN-BSS
