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Prince Charles arrives in city today

By Staff Correspondent
Prince Charles of Britain arrives in the capital tonight on a three-day goodwill visit to Bangladesh.
He will be coming here on the last leg of his current three-nation tour that earlier took him to Kuwait and Qatar.
During his stay. Prince Charles will visit Sylhet and Chittagong and will also inspect some British funded projects. community service schemes and oil exploration work.
Charles, the Prince of Wales is scheduled to arrive at Zia International Airport by a special aircraft of the Royal Air Force at 10:40 tonight. Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad will receive the Prince. He will then drive in a motorcade to the jfesj^ence, oL thy, British High, Commissi&ner id 'Bangladesh. where he would be staying.
The visit of the Prince Is taking place against the backdrop of the visit of British Prime Minister John Major who came to Dhaka only five weeks back.
The Prince, heir-apparent to the British throne, is widely considered as an unofficial am-
bassador of his country and makes frequent trips abroad. This is his first visit to Bangladesh. Queen Elizabeth 11. his mother, had visited Bangladesh on two different occasions.
Prince Charles will make courtesy calls on President Shahbuddin Ahmed and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tomorrow.
The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad, will also fly to Sylhet tomorrow. There, he will inaugurate the British ODA-funded earth-satellite station. He will also be the chief guest at a civic reception at Sylhet where he will acquaint himself with their problems. There is a 1 argd community of Bangladeshis from Sylhet living in Britain. '
The Prince of Wales on the same day will attend the concluding session of a seminar on N GO-business collaboration" being organised by PR1P Trust and PWBLF. Later the organisers will accord a reception to him.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will host a dinner in honour of Prince Charles at the Bangabhaban tomorrow evening.
During his stay, the Prince of Wales will visit some British aided development projects.
As patron of Action Aid. the Prince of Wales will visit its operations at Tikkapara slum area and a Day Care Centre in Mohammadpur.
On Friday, the Prince of Wales will visit Chittagong where he will inaugurate the new British Council Offices. He will fly by a special helicopter to the Cairn Energy drilling rig "Orizon." at the Shangu gas field to witness the progress of gas drilling work.
The same day he will inaugurate a 10-day exhibition entitled "Muslims in Britain" at the British Council Library
The Prince will have tea with Prof Md Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, acclaimed internationally for Its success in initiating micro-credit schemes for the poor
The Prince of Wales will leave Dhaka at 9 30 pm on Fri day night for the United Kingdom
One of the largest foreign tn vestors in Bangladesh are from Britain with more than 47 companies operating in the country Britain is also Bangladesh s third largest ex port market