Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka on May 7 for Turkey on a four-day visit to attend the fourth UN Conference on LDCs to be held in Istanbul.

This conference takes place every ten years with the first heldin 1981.

Hasina will visit Topkapi Museum and Blue Mosque in Istanbul on May 8.

In the afternoon, she will deliver her statement at the summit of the LDC Group at Lutfi Kirdar Convention and Exhibition Centre.

In the morning of May 9, she will attend the inaugural ceremony of the fourth UN Conference on LDCs at Lutfi Kirdar Convention and Exhibition Centre.

She will attend a working lunch to be hosted by the Turkish prime minister before joining the afternoon session, which will be followed by ribbon cutting session of the LDC Trade Fair. Hasina will visit the Bangladeshi Stall at the fair.

Later, she will call on Nepalese prime minister and have a meeting with the Turkish prime minister at the same venue.

She will witness the signing of an agreement between the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) and The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) for establishing Turkish Bangladesh Business Council (TBBC).

After that Hasina will have meetings with the EU Head of Delegation, head of state or head of government of Finland and Belgium, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Then she will attend a dinner to be hosted by Turkish President Abdullah Gul at Ciragan Palace in Istanbul.

On May 10, Hasina will speak at the morning session of the fourth UN Conference on LDCs at Lutfi Kirdar Convention and Exhibition Centre.