PM leaves for NY Saturday

Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here tomorrow for New York to attend the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

The prime minister will leave Dhaka for Abu Dhabi by a Bangladesh Biman flight at 2pm tomorrow. On Sunday morning, she will leave Abu Dhabi for New York by an Etihad flight, according to the Prime Minister's Office.

Bangladesh Ambassador to USA M Ziauddin and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to UN Masud Bin Momen will receive the prime minister on her arrival in New York on Sunday afternoon.

During her visit, the prime minister will stay in Hotel Grand Hyatt in New York.

Sheikh Hasna will address the UNGA in the afternoon on September 21 and have a bilateral meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the same day.

On September 18, the prime minister will attend a high-level meeting on UN Reforms to be hosted by US President Donald Trump and a high-level meeting on Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse at UN Headquarters (UNHQ).

In the afternoon, the prime minister is expected to hold a bilateral meeting with her Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay before attending a high-level follow-up meeting on Global Deal for Decent Work and Inclusive Growth at Convene Conference Centre.

On September 19, the prime minister along with other heads of state and government will join the official lunch to be hosted by UN secretary general.

The lunch will be followed by a high-level roundtable of the UN Secretary General's High Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment for Leaving No One Behind.

The prime minister will join the OIC Contact Group meeting on Rohingya Minorities at UNHQ in the afternoon. Later, she is likely to hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth.

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