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WEDNESDAY, JULY 09, 2025
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attends Commonwealth Leaders Event

Bangladesh

UNB
05 May, 2023, 08:50 pm
Last modified: 05 May, 2023, 10:28 pm

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attends Commonwealth Leaders Event

UNB
05 May, 2023, 08:50 pm
Last modified: 05 May, 2023, 10:28 pm
Head of State of Samoa, Afioga Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II, President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, Prime Minister of Namibia, Saara Kuugongelwa, President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, Britain's King Charles, President of Mauritius, Prithvirajsing Roopun, Commonwealth Secretary General, Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema pose for a photograph at the Commonwealth heads of government leaders meeting at Marlborough House on May 05, 2023 in London, Britain. Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTERS
Head of State of Samoa, Afioga Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II, President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, Prime Minister of Namibia, Saara Kuugongelwa, President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, Britain's King Charles, President of Mauritius, Prithvirajsing Roopun, Commonwealth Secretary General, Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema pose for a photograph at the Commonwealth heads of government leaders meeting at Marlborough House on May 05, 2023 in London, Britain. Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTERS

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday afternoon attended the Commonwealth Leaders Event in London.

The event started at 2pm local time (7:00pm Bangladesh Time) at Marlborough House of the Commonwealth Secretariat at Pall Mall.

In the event, Sheikh Hasina had an interaction with King Charles III, head of the Commonwealth at the Delegate's Lounge. She will join the Commonwealth joint family photo session in the Garden of Marlborough House.

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Sheikh Hasina will also attend the Commonwealth leaders' closed discussion at the Main Conference Room there, which will be chaired by President of Rwanda and Commonwealth Chair in Office Paul Kagame.

Britain's King Charles and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pose for a group photo with Commonwealth Leaders at Marlborough House, London, Britain, May 5, 2023. REUTERS/Anna Gordon/Pool
Britain's King Charles and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pose for a group photo with Commonwealth Leaders at Marlborough House, London, Britain, May 5, 2023. REUTERS/Anna Gordon/Pool

In the evening, she will attend the King's reception for heads of states, governments and overseas representatives at Buckingham Palace in advance of the coronation of  the King and the Queen Consort.

Later, Professor Payam Akhavan will call on PM Hasina at the bilateral room of the Claridge's Hotel.

Akhavan is professor of International Law and Senior Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto, Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and former Legal Advisor, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

PM Sheikh Hasina arrived in London on an official visit to the UK from Washington in the early hours of Friday to attend the coronation of UK's King Charles III, to be hosted by Buckingham Palace on May 6.  She will represent Bangladesh at the ceremony.

It will be held at Westminster Abbey on May 6 and the King, who will be crowned along with the Queen Consort, will be the 40th reigning monarch crowned there since 1066.

The PM is expected to return home on May 9, concluding her 15-day three-nation visit to Japan, the USA and the UK.

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