Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday (November 5) reached Madinah of Saudi Arabia to attend the International Conference on Women in Islam to be held in Jeddah.

A commercial flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the PM and her entourage landed at Prince Mohammad Bin Abdul Aziz International Airport in Madina at 1:10 pm local time.

The Kingdom in coordination with the General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is hosting the conference on November 6-8..

On Sunday, the prime minister will offer Fateha at the Rawza Mubarak of the Prophet (PBUH) after Asr prayer. Then Sheikh Hasina will leave Madina for Jeddah and then perform Umrah in Makkah.

On Monday, she will join the opening event of the International Conference on Women in Islam and deliver her speech as the guest of honour there.

On November 6, the Prime Minister will attend the conference and deliver her speech.
 
She is also scheduled to have meetings with OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha, Iranian vice president for Women and Family Affairs Department Enseieh Khazali, Executive Director of OIC Women Development Organisation Dr Afnan Alshuaiby and Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan.
 
Apart from joining the conference, she will attend the opening of the Women in Islam Exhibition and banquet dinner in honour of her.
 
On November 7, Sheikh Hasina will leave Jeddah for Makkah where she will offer prayers at the Al Masjid Al-Haram (Kaaba Sharif).
 
In the evening, the Prime Minister will leave Makkah for home.
 
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines commercial flight, carrying the Prime Minister will depart King Abdul Aziz International Airport around 10:45pm local time.
 
The flight is scheduled to land at the HSIA in Dhaka at 8am on Wednesday (November 8).

BDST: 1723 HRS, NOV 05, 2023
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