PM briefs President on NAM Summit

bdnews24.com, Dhaka

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina called on president Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban on Saturday to brief him on the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Egypt.
"This will be a courtesy meeting on the prime minster's return from the two-day summit in Sharm el Sheikh," the prime minister's press secretary Abul Kalam Azad told bdnews24.com earlier.
The president's press secretary Abdul Awal Howlader also told bdnews24.com that the president would receive the prime minister.
"There is no extra schedule," he said.
Television channels had earlier speculated that new cabinet ministers and state ministers were set to take oath at around 5:30 pm at Bangabhaban.
But neither Azad nor Howlader confirmed the news.
Hasina returned home Friday night after attending the Egypt summit, where she was elected vice chair of NAM's Asia Zone.
The global economic recession, climate change, the Middle East and food security dominated the two-day summit, which was attended by heads of state and governments from over 100 NAM nations.