Brunei Sultan due today

 
Brunei Darussalam Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka this afternoon on his first visit to Bangladesh.

President M Abdul Hamid along with some senior ministers and high civil and military officials will receive the Sultan, who is expected to land at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport (HSIA) around 2:30pm. Brunei Sultan will be accompanied by the royal family members, ministers of various ministries of Bruei and high-level government officials, according to the schedule and officials concerned.

The visit was originally scheduled for October 14-16, but later it was rescheduled for October 15-17. Sultan Waddaulah is making the tour at the invitation of the Bangladesh President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. From the airport, Brunei Sultan is scheduled to go straight to National Martyrs' Memorial, Savar.

There, he will be received by Liberation War Affairs, Housing and Public Works Ministers and State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief. The Sultan will place a wreath paying homage to Liberation War martyrs, sign visitors' book and plant a sapling there.

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah will also visit the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhaka's Dhanmondi 32 to pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Sunday.

Family members of Bangabandhu will receive him there, according to a draft programme schedule. Brunei Sultan will hold meetings with President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina apart from other engagements during the visit. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen will also meet him during his visit.

Bangladesh and Brunei are likely to sign three bilateral cooperation documents, including an agreement for introducing direct flights between the two countries,  Momen told reporters.Two other cooperation documents will be signed on recruitment of Bangladeshi workers and recognition of certificates for two countries' seafarers.