Programs in which the Prime Minister will participate in UK-US

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka on Thursday morning on an official visit to the United Kingdom and the United States to attend the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II and the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

The Biman Bangladesh Airlines VVIP chartered flight carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:35 am today.

The flight is scheduled to arrive at London Stansted International Airport at 4:45 PM local time. High Commissioner of Bangladesh in UK Saida Muna Tasnim will welcome the Prime Minister at the airport.

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland will pay a courtesy call on the Prime Minister at his hotel on September 16, the second day of the visit. Later, UK Minister for South Asia, North Africa, United Nations and Commonwealth Affairs Lord Ahmed will meet the Prime Minister.

On September 17, Sir Keir Starmer, Leader of the UK Opposition and Labor Party, will pay a courtesy call on the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister will also attend a royal reception for heads of state and government at Buckingham Palace on September 18.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on September 19. The Prime Minister will leave London for New York on a special flight of Bangladesh Biman in the evening of the same day.

The Prime Minister will be welcomed at the John F Kennedy International Airport by the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States, Muhammad Imran, and the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Muhammad Abdul Muhith.

On September 20, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend a reception organized by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. He will also attend the opening ceremony of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Apart from this, the Prime Minister will hold bilateral meetings with UNHCR's Filippo Grandi and Slovenian President Barut Pahor. On the same day, she will also join the Platform of Women Leaders at the United Nations. At the end of the day, the Prime Minister will also attend a reception hosted by US President Joe Biden.

On September 21, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend the High Level Sustainable Housing Program organized by Bangladesh, Botswana, Slovak Republic and the United Nations.

He will later hold a bilateral meeting with WEF Executive Director Professor Schwab Klaus and attend the Global Crisis Response Group (GCRC) Champions Meeting.

In the afternoon, the Prime Minister will visit the photo exhibition of the Padma Bridge at the United Nations Headquarters and then the President of Kosovo. Vjosa will hold bilateral meetings with Osmani-Sadriu, Ecuadorian President Guillermo Laso Mendoza and Rabab Fatima.

The Prime Minister will hold a breakfast meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) on 22 September and will have a courtesy call on IOM Director General Antonio Vitorino. He will attend a high-level roundtable meeting with the US-Bangladesh Business Council.

Later, he will hold bilateral meetings with Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Teko Hun Sen and ICC Prosecutors Nick Clegg and Karim Khan.

On September 23, the Prime Minister will address the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly. On September 24, he will attend the civic reception of expatriate Bangladeshis.