City
0 1 min read

PM leaves for Saudi Arabia today

block

City Desk :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) today to join the International Conference on Women in Islam to be held in Jeddah.

Saudi Arabia in coordination with the General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is hosting the conference on November 6-8, reports BSS.

The conference will discuss five themes, and publication on “Jeddah Document of Women in Islam” will be published, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen told reporters at a media briefing at his ministry on Thursday.

block

A commercial flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the prime minister and her entourage members will depart from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 09.00am, according to the official itinerary of the Prime Minister’s Office.

She will arrive at Prince Mohammad Bin Abdul Aziz International Airport in Medina at about 1:30pm local time.

block
Related

CA praises Russian co-op in power sectors

City Desk : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday praised Russia’s cooperation in the power and energy sectors and acknowledged Russia’s role as a supplier of wheat and fertiliser to Bangladesh. These issues were discussed when Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander V Mantytskiy paid a farewell call on the Chief Adviser at his Tejgaon office, reports UNB. He said that the interim government would resolve the payment issues over the Rooppur project and welcomed further Russian investment in Bangladesh....

Govt to develop effective early disaster warning system

City Desk : Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Wednesday said the government is working to develop effective early warning system to minimise loss of lives and livelihood of the people in the natural calamities. She was speaking as the chief guest at a stakeholders’ consultation workshop titled “Early Warning for All through Hydrological Status and Outlook System” at a city hotel. The adviser urged all stakeholders to actively contribute to developing an effective hydrological status...

BUFT holds orientation

Staff Reporter : An orientation program for the newly admitted students of the Fall Semester 2024 at BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology (BUFT) took place on October 9, 2024, at the BUFT Permanent Campus, Nishatnagar, Turag, Dhaka. The Pro Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Eng. AyubNabi Khan, addressed the fresher’s, along with other distinguished speakers, including Prof. Dr. Md. Alamgir Hossain, Treasurer and Dean of the Faculty of Fashion Studies; Distinguished Prof. Md. Muinuddin Khan, Dean of the Faculty of...