Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)– A delegation of 23 Bangladeshi businessmen left Dhaka for the US Saturday night with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to attend the 67th general meeting of the United Nations to be held in New York on Monday.
AK Azad, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), arrived in the US earlier to lead the business delegation.
Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to deliver a speech on rule of law and at a reception ceremony of US President Barack Obama and First Lady Mitchell Obama. She will also attend the general assembly of the UN on Tuesday.
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister will chair a session on “Peace building: peace building a way forward towards sustainable peace and security”, and will inaugurate the second edition of Climate Vulnerability Monitor on Wednesday.
She is also scheduled to attend a session on autism organized by Mitchell Obama on Thursday and return to Bangladesh on October 2, according to the statement.
FBCCI directors Kazi Mofizul Islam, Md Hossain Ali, former president of FBCCI and AP group chairman AFM Fakhrul Islam Munshi, BGMEA president Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin, Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) President M Shahjalal Majumder, Women Entrepreneurs Association of Bangladesh (WEAB) President Nasrin Awal Mintoo, Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Mosaddeq Hossain Bablu, BGMEA former president Mizanur Rahman Sinha, Rangs Group Chairman Adbur Rouf Chowdbury, Bangladesh Agro-Based Product Producers and Merchants Association president M Ruhul Amin, Narail Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Hasanuzzaman, Harvest Rich Industries managing director Nusrat Bari Asha, Chittagong Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Angela Boishakhee Mindes, BGMEA vice-president (Finance) SM Mannan (Kochi) and director Arshad Jamal (Dipu), Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, Sheikh Atiqur Rahman Dipu, Nasiruddin and Syed Nazrul Islam are with the business delegation of the FBCCI.
BBN/SSR/AD-23Sept12-10:10 am (BST)
