‘Visit Bangladesh 2022’ begins to uphold BD before foreigners

Staff Reporter :
A 6-day long ‘Visit Bangladesh 2022’ programme under the supervision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs started on Thursday, aiming at branding Bangladesh before the world.
The event will showcase the history, culture, landscape, progress and development of Bangladesh to foreign media personnel, writers, columnists, intellectuals, bureaucrats, civil society members.
A total of 14 distinguished personalities from 11 countries-Algeria, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Vietnam- are participating in this edition of ‘Visit Bangladesh’.
During this 6-day long program, the participants will visit Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, Central Shaheed Minar, Liberation War Museum, Bangladesh National museum and Dhaka University.
They will pay tribute to Bangabandhu’s Mausoleum in Tungipara and visit the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar. The foreign guests will also visit an industrial park as well.
Furthermore, the distinguished guests will also witness the Victory Day parade at the National Parade Ground on Friday.
On the first day of the program, the participants paid separate courtesy calls on Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam.
Extending a warm welcome, they briefed the participants on the evolution of independent Bangladesh, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, foreign policy priorities, economic progress and development, role of free and fair media and the Rohingya issue.
Both of them expressed hope that participants of Visit Bangladesh 2022 would become Bangladesh’s goodwill Ambassadors in their respective country.
The participants sincerely thanked both ministers for inviting them to ‘Visit Bangladesh 2022’ and highly praised the excellent hospitality of Bangladesh.
The program will close on 20 December 2022.