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PM arrives in Colombo to join Commonwealth meeting

UNB, Colombo
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Colombo yesterday afternoon to a red carpet welcome on a two-day official visit to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage landed at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo at 4:45 pm (local time).
Sri Lankan Power and Energy Minister Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi and Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Md Sufiur Rahman received Hasina at the airport.
After the reception, a group of Sri Lankan artists displayed local dance in honour of the premier at the airport.
From the Colombo Airport, Hasina drove in a ceremonial motorcade to Taj Somudra Hotel where
FROM PAGE 3 she will be staying during the visit.
Earlier, a special flight of Biman carrying the PM and her 47-member entourage took off from Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at about 2:10pm.
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni and Ambassador at-Large M Ziauddin are accompanying the prime minister.
This morning, Sheikh Hasina will reach the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theater in Colombo where she will be greeted at the lobby by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Madam Shiranthi Wickramasinghe Rajapaksa, and Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma and his wife.
Hasina will then attend the opening ceremony of the CHOGM where Rajapaksa, Kamalesh Sharma, Prime Minister of Australia Tony
Abbott and the Prince of Wales will deliver their addresses.
Hasina will then depart for Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Center (SBMEC) where she will attend the Executive Session of CHOGM I. She will then meet Rajapaksa atBMICH.
The prime minister will attend a reception to be hosted by Commonwealth Secretary General for the heads of government to meet civil society and media representatives at BMICH.
Hasina will then take part in the CHOGM Executive Session II at SBMEC before meeting New Zealand Prime Minister John Key at BMICH on Friday evening before departing Bandaranaike International Airport for Dhaka at 8:00pm (local time).
The prime minister is expected to return home on Friday midnight.