Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last night exchanged greetings with US President Barack Obama and appreciated him for his speech at the UN Climate Summit 2014.
She thanked the US president for his commitment to save the motherly earth from the onslaught of climate change, PM’s Media Adviser Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury said.
The two leaders met at a reception accorded by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at Worldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.
The reception was hosted in honour of the heads of governments and states participating in the 69th UN General Assembly.
Iqbal said Obama lauded the prime minister for her speech at the UN Climate Summit.
Hasina also exchanged greetings with other world leaders including Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the reception.
PM’s adviser on ICT Sajib Wazed Joy, also her son, accompanied her at the programme.
PM SEEKS NORWEGIAN INVESTMENT
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought Norwegian investment in Bangladesh’s booming ICT sector.
She made the request when she met her Norwegian counterpart Erna Solberg at the Bilateral Room in the UN Headquarters in New York around noon.
Talking to reporters after the meeting, PM’s Media Adviser Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury said the two leaders discussed bilateral issues.
The Norwegian premier highly appreciated Bangladesh’s tremendous development in the ICT sector, especially digitisation in various fields, under the initiative of the PM.
Hasina invited Solberg to visit Bangladesh to see the development in the ICT sector. “You can see yourself the stunning success that took place in the ICT sector in Bangladesh over the last five and a half years,” she said.
The Norwegian leader also lauded Hasina for Bangladesh’s progress in women empowerment.
Source: The Daily Star
