Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Dhaka from Washington DC on Thursday night to attend the coronation of Charles III and his wife Camilla as King and Queen Consort of the United Kingdom (UK) and the other Commonwealth states.
On May 4, a United Airlines flight carrying the prime minister and her entourage landed at Heathrow International Airport in London at 11:49 p.m. (local time).
Earlier, the flight took off from Dulles International Airport in Washington DC at approximately 11.30 a.m. (local time).
The prime minister is accompanied by Sheikh Rehana, the younger daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the prime minister’s only sister.
Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem met the Prime Minister at the airport in the presence of HM’s Government envoy Ambassador Alison Blackburne.
During her visit to London, she will also attend a Commonwealth Leaders program, a Cambridge University event, and a civic reception.
During her visit to the United States, the prime minister attended a program commemorating the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh-World Bank cooperation, as well as a roundtable with US business leaders and several meetings with WB’s incoming President Ajay Banga and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva, as well as a civic reception.
On April 29, she arrived in Washington, DC, after completing a four-day official visit to Tokyo at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida.
Earlier on April 25, a special chartered VVIP flight (BG1403) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members landed at the Haneda International Airport, Tokyo at 4:45pm (local time).
Japan had rolled out a red carpet to welcome the Bangladesh prime minister and gave her the state guard of honour at the airport.
During her visit to Japan, she signed eight instruments on agriculture, metro rail, industrial upgrade, ship recycling, customs matters, intellectual properties, defence cooperation, ICT and cyber security cooperation.
On April 26, Sheikh Hasina paid a courtesy call on Japan’s Emperor, Naruhito. Following the signing of the agreements, she conducted a bilateral meeting with her Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, on the same day.
On April 27, the premier also attended an investment conference and a community event, in addition to presenting the “Friends of Liberation War Honour” to four Japanese nationals for their contributions to Bangladesh’s liberation war in 1971.
In addition, the prime minister met with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, as well as leaders from JAICA, JETRO, JEBIC, JBPFL, and JBCCEC.
She also had meetings with the former late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s wife Akie Abe and Japanese architect Tadao Ando.
The prime minister is scheduled to reach Dhaka from London on May 9.
