Prime Minister leaves for Sweden

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for London en route to Stockholm on a three-day bilateral visit to Sweden at the invitation of her Swedish counterpart Stefan Lofven.

A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Flight BG 001) carrying the prime minister and her entourage took off from Hazrat Shahjalal Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday at 12:10pm.

Prime Minister’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim confirmed the matter to media.

The flight is scheduled to reach Heathrow International Airport in London at 6pm local time today. Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Nazmul Quaunine will receive the Prime Minister at the airport.

The Prime Minister will also visit Swedish Parliament and hold meeting with acting Speaker Tobias Billstrom.

Sheikh Hasina will have an audience with Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf at Royal Castle ahead of her scheduled official talks and lunch with Prime Minister Stefan Lofven.

She is scheduled to attend a community reception in the evening on June 15 and Bangladesh-Sweden Business and Investment Forum on June 16.

She is expected to hold meetings with CEO of H&M Karl-Johan Persson and President of Investor Jacob Wallenberg, Vice-President of Investor Marcus Wallenberg and CEO of ABB Sweden Johan Soderstrom.


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