PM Tarique Rahman reaches Kuala Lumpur on two-day official visit

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia at 8:45pm local time on Sunday on a two-day official visit.

A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the prime minister and his entourage, departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 2:45pm (BST), Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atiqur Rahman Ruman told BSS.

“This is a two-day visit. The prime minister is accompanied by his wife Zubaida Rahman. The prime minister’s entourage is very small,” he added.

LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Chief Whip of Parliament Nurul Islam Moni, Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Ghani, Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Saleh Shibli, diplomats and senior government officials saw off the prime minister at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

The prime minister is accompanied by Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman, Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury, State Minister for Energy and Power Aninda Islam Amit, Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir, Overseas Employment Adviser Mahdi Amin, Defence Adviser AKM Shamsul Islam, and others.