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Red carpet reception to Chandrika

Formal talks with Colombo today
Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia will hold official talks today with the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga. reports UNB.
The meeting. at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in the city, will cover bilateral as well as regional and international issues of common concern, officials said.
The two leaders are likely to focus on expanding cooperation in different sectors, particularly in trade and economic fields. They are also expected Io renew global peace and security situation, particularly in the South Asian region.
Prime Minister Begum Zia, who is the current chairperson of the SAARC. is likely to confer with the visiting Sri Lankan leader on matters relating lo the seven-nation forum and its future programmes particu-
larly in view of the eighth summit, due on May 2-3 in New Delhi.
Mrs Kumaratunga will attend a banquet to be hosted by the Bangladesh Prime Minister today.
Earlier. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga was accorded a red carpet reception when she flew into Dhaka from New Delhi yesterday on a three-day state visit to Bangladesh.
Foreign Minister ASM Mostaflzur Rahman and Begum Rahman welcomed President Kumaratunga al the Zia International Airport in the afternoon. State Minister for Cultural Affairs Jahanara Begum was present as Minister-in
The I..ink.in President will be ureinoni.illy ret eived by President Abdur Rahman Biswas and Begum Biswas at Bangabhaban today.
A 21-gun salute heralded the arrival of the Lankan head of state.
As President Kumaratunga. attired in the traditional dress for women of the island state, alighted from the aircraft, two little children presented her bouquets.
Her 28-member entourage ’ includes Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar and Minister for Internal and External Trade. Commerce and Food Kingsley Wickremaratne.
Foreign Secretary Faruq Sobhan, Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Bangladesh S B Atugoda, Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Shamsher Mubin Chowdhury and high officials were also present at the airport.
The airport ceremony over. President Kumaratunga flew to Savar to place a wreath at the Jatiya Shaheed Smriti Soudha
as homage to the memories of the martyrs of the 1971 War of Liberation .
The city has been given a festive look with the airport and main thoroughfares and traffic Islands decorated with the national flags of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and colourful festoons.
Placards inscribed with Long live Bangladesh-Sri Lanka Friendship' and large portraits of President Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia adorn different points in the city.
Kumaratunga will address a seminar at the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BUSS) today.
She will also attend a luncheon in her honour by the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI).
The Lankan President is scheduled to leave for home tomorrow.