PM leaves for Sweden

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left for London on Tuesday en route to Sweden on a three-day state visit at the invitation of her Swedish counterpart Stefan Löfven.

A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Flight BG 001) carrying the prime minister and her entourage took off from Hazrat Shahjalal Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday at 12pm.

The flight is expected to land at Heathrow International Airport at 6pm (local time) where she will be received by Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Md Nazmul Quaunine.

She will make a one-day stopover there in London. On the following day Hasina will leave London for Stockholm at 6:15pm (local time) by a Scandinavian Airlines flight and is expected to land at Stockholm Arlanda Airport at 9:40pm (local time), according to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).

Bangladesh Ambassador to Sweden Md Golam Sarwar will receive the Prime Minister at the airport from where she will be escorted to Grand Hotel in a ceremonial motorcade where she would be staying during her the tour.

A bilateral meeting will be held following a tête-à-tête between Hasina and her Swedish counterpart Stefan Löfven. The prime minister will also pay a courtesy call to Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf at Royal Castle.

During the visit, she will hold meetings with Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Isabella Lövin, acting speaker of the Swedish parliament and Justice and Migration Affairs Minister Morgan Johansson.

Both the countries are expecting to expand cooperation on a number of bilateral issues.