M Humayun Kabir: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave Dhaka for London on Friday en route to New York on a six-day official visit to the United States to attend the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
After making a two-day stopover in the British capital, the prime minister will leave London for New York on Sunday morning by a British Airways flight, reports BSS.
On the first day of her visit to the USA, the premier will attend a reception to be accorded to her by the Bangladesh community in the United States at Hotel New York Hilton Midtown in the evening.
The premier will begin the second day of het visit by joining the High-level Event on Global Call to Action on World Drug Problem to be arranged by the Permanent Mission of the United States to the UN.
The premier will join the High-level Event on the ‘Global Compact on Refugees: A Model for Greater Solidarity and Cooperation’, to be organised by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees at ECOSOC Chamber at the UNHQ.
Sheikh Hasina will hold a meeting with her Dutch counterpart
On September 25, Sheikh Hasina will take part in a High-level Side-Event on Cyber Security and International Cooperation, organised by the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh and UN Office on Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) in Conference Room 3, UNHQ.
On September 26, the prime minister will have a meeting with Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid at the same place.
On September 27, Sheikh Hasina will attend a High-level Side-Event on the Situation of Rohingya Minority in Myanmar to be organised by the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia and the OIC Secretariat at the Conference Room 12, UNHQ.
She will have a meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the Secretary General’s Meeting Room, UNHQ.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to call on the Bangladesh prime minister the same day.
The Bangladesh prime minister will address the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly at the UNHQ in the evening.
On September 28, the premier will address a press briefing at Bangladesh Permanent Mission in New York.