The government will provide VVIP protocol to four important women of South Asia during their visit to Dhaka to attend a two-day regional conference on autism beginning July 25.
They are Sonia Gandhi, Indian Congress Party president and chairman of United Progressive Alliance; Dr Fehmida Mirza, speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan; Sri Lanka's First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa; and Ilham Hussain, wife of the Maldives vice president.
Sonia, who will arrive in Dhaka on July 24 at night, will attend the inaugural session of the conference styled "Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Disabilities in Bangladesh and South Asia" as the chief guest.
Local Government and Rural Development & Co-operatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni and State Minister for Liberation War Affairs Capt (retd) AB Tajul Islam will receive her at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
Saima Wazed Hossain, daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, will also be present at the airport.
Foreign ministry sources said a team comprised of security personnel and officials will arrive in Dhaka today to coordinate security and programmes of Sonia.
Sonia will also attend a special ceremony at Bangabhaban at 5:30pm to receive "Bangladesh Swadhinata Sanmanona", Bangladesh's highest state honour, on behalf of her late mother-in-law former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi, from President Zillur Rahman.
Bangladesh is going to honour Indira Gandhi for her outstanding contribution to Bangladesh's War of Liberation in 1971.
She will leave Dhaka on July 25 after attending the ceremony and a dinner to be hosted by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in honour of the distinguished participants at the conference.
Meanwhile, an inter-ministerial meeting held at the foreign ministry yesterday took several decisions regarding the protocol to VVIPs, logistics and other necessary matters related to the visits.
Source : The Daily Star
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