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PM to fly for Colombo tomorrow to join Commonwealth meet

Diplomatic Correspondent
Amid political turbulence at home, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will fly for Colombo tomorrow to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Covernment Meeting (CHOGM) on a chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
The CHOGM is being skipped by some important leaders, including the Britain's Queen, prime ministers of India and Canada, on different grounds.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will also go to Saudi Arabia at the midnight of November 21 to perform Umrah along with her family members and some party leaders.
Official sources said the premier along with a team of around 50 members is expected to leave for Colombo at 2:00pm tomorrow on a Boeing 737 flight of Biman and return to Dhaka on Friday midnight.
Biman, which is already undergoing hard times due to shortage of aircraft, will create trouble again for many passengers as it will have to reschedule its flights because of the special flight for the PM and her entourage.
Official sources said the aircraft will remain in Colombo and return with the
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PM and her delegation as there is no regular flight of Biman to Colombo. Boeing 737 has a capacity of over 160 passengers.
Diplomatic sources said this year Britain's Prince Charles will represent his mother, the Queen, in the Colombo summit. The 87-year-old queen has missed the biennial summit only once --when it was first held in 1971.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is boycotting the three-day CHOCM, which begins Friday morning, over alleged crimes and rights abuses during and after Sri Lanka's civil war.
While External Affairs
Minister Salman Khurshid will head the Indian delegation at the CHOCM with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh deciding against undertaking the visit in the face of the opposition by parties in Tamil Nadu as well as a section in Congress.
As per the programme schedule, the PM will attend the opening ceremony of CHOCM and take part in other conventional programmes.
On its sidelines, Hasina will meet Sri Lankan President Mahindra Rajapaksa for 15 minutes and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key for 25 minutes on Friday.