Sheikh Hasina flies to Bhutan Tuesday

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to leave Dhaka for Thimphu Tuesday on a three-day official visit to Bhutan to attend an international conference on autism.

The three-day "International Conference on Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders" kicks off at the Royal Banquet Hall in the Bhutanese capital on April 19.

During the visit, Sheikh Hasina will hold meetings with Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay and discuss bilateral and regional issues, PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS today.

A Druk Air VVIP flight carrying the premier and her entourage members will take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka for Thimphu tomorrow morning.

The flight is scheduled to reach Paro International Airport in the Bhutanese capital at 11.35 am, local time.

Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay and Bangladesh Ambassador in Thimphu Jishnu Roy Choudhury will receive the premier at the airport. At that time she will be presented ceremonial Khadhar (scarf)

Later, the prime minister will be given a guard of honour and she will also inspect the guard.

From the airport, a ceremonial motorcade would escort to her at her place of residence, where she would be received by the chairman, Royal Privy Council of Bhutan.

In the afternoon, the prime minister will be ceremonially received at Tashichhodzong, the Royal Palace. A cabinet minister and senior Bhutanese officials will welcome her at the main gate of Tashichhodzong.

She will be given a guard of honour later.

Then, the prime minister will have an audience with Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema at the Royal Palace.

Later, Sheikh Hasina will hold a meeting with her Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay at Gyalyong Tshogkhang. The meeting will be followed by signing of MoUs by two countries.

The prime minister will attend a banquet at Royal Banquet Hall to be hosted in her honour by the Bhutanese premier.

BSS


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