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PM flies to Tripura today

Agartala prepared to welcome her

Diplomatic Correspondent
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave for a two-day visit to Agartala, the capital of Indian state of Tripura, today to receive an honorary doctorate degree and promote business with the northeastern state.
Tripura Central University will confer the Doctorate of Literature on Hasina in its ninth convocation on January 12. This would be the first visit by a head of the government of this country to Tripura, which played a key role during Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. The visit is being seen as compliment for the state's outstanding supports to freedom fighters and thousands of distraught people during the war.
The prime minister will be accompanied by a 106-member delegation including Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, her adviser HT Imam, younger sister Rehana Siddique, State Minister for CHT Affairs Dipankar Talukder and prominent political leaders, leading businessmen, journalists and cultural activists.
The Prime Minister's delegation members include 22 prominent political figures and eminent personalities, such as Workers Party leader Rashed Khan Menon, JSD leader Hasanul Haq Inu, Jatiya Party leader Anisul Islam Mahmud and AL Presidium member Kazi Zafrullah, leading journalists Mahbubul Alam, Syed Anwar Hossain, Shyamal Dutta, Abed Khan, cultural activist Nasiruddin Yusuf, Mohammad Samad of Dhaka University, Prof Shafi Ahmed of Jahangir Nagar University.
AK Azad, president of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), Abdul Matlub Ahmed, president of Bangladesh-India Chamber of Commerce, Abul Kashem Ahmed, Vice-President of SAARC Chamber, and top executives of the business houses having trade with India will be, among others,
in the 38-member business delegation.
As per the programme schedule, Hasina will depart for TYipura on a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at 2:50pm and reach Singerbhil Airport in Tripura at 3:30pm (DST).
She will be received by Union minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal on behalf of the Indian government accompanied by Governor of Tripura DY Patil, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Bangladesh High Commissioner in New Delhi Tariq A. Karim and high officials of the Tripura state government.
Following a guard of honour at the airport, the PM will move to state guest house Geetanjali at Kunjaban Township in Agartala. She will stay there during her visit.
The governor of TYipura will call on her at 4:40pm (1ST) at the state guest house followed by the human resource development minister and the TYipura chief minister.
The PM will participate in an interaction meeting of Bangladesh-India business representatives in Pragna Bhaban at 5:45pm. She will later call on Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari and attend a cultural programme at Raj Bhaban.
In the evening the PM will attend a state dinner hosted inherhonourby the TYipura state government at the state guesthouse.
On January 12, Hasina will arrive at the TYipura Central University at 10:00am. She will inaugurate an open-air theatre and unveil a statue of poet Rabindranath Tagore.
Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari will confer the D.Lit on the prime minister and will address the convocation. This would be the first time that the TYipura university would be conferring Honoris Causa on a person since its inception in 1987.
After the convocation programme, Hasina will attend lunch hosted by the governor of Tripura at Raj Bhaban. She will also join a civic reception by Tripura Municipal Council at Assam Rifles ground.
The prime minister will leave Tripura at 4:30pm (1ST).
SECURITYMEASURES thick security blanket has been thrown around the capital city Agartala in view of the visit of Hasina, reports our New Delhi correspondent Pallab Bhattacharya.
Sanjay Sinha, director general of TYipura Police, said commandos of paramilitary
TYipura State Rifles will provide security to Hasina from Indian side while a contingent of Advanced Security Liaison (ASL), elite force of Bangladesh, would guard the prime minister during the visit.
"TSR Commandos will be engaged along with ASL to protect the WIP," he said.
BSF sources said additional security forces have been deployed along the 856-kilometre India-Bangladesh border in the state to check infiltration of any untoward elements.
DIG Nepal Das (Police Control) said all possible security measures have been taken in view of her visit and additional forces deployed around vital installations like the Raj Bhaban, which houses the state Governor, the Civil Secretariat, the Assembly house, and the state guest house "Geetanjali".