Duchess of Edinburgh calls on Zubaida Rahman

Duchess of Edinburgh, Sophie, on Monday paid a courtesy call on Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and discussed shared interests of Bangladesh and the United Kingdom in the welfare, protection and empowerment of women and girls.

They met at the Crowne Plaza hotel in the capital soon after the Duchess arrived in Dhaka. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam was present, according to the BNP media cell.

The Duchess is in Bangladesh from 9 to 11 November at the invitation of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

During the visit, she will meet representatives of different communities and organisations to highlight the breadth of the UK-Bangladesh partnership and cooperation.

She will also see humanitarian programmes for the Rohingya sheltering in Bangladesh. 

She is scheduled to travel to Cox's Bazar to see the work of organisations supporting Rohingya refugees.

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