Prime Minister Tarique Rahman returns home from Turkey after COP-31, landing in Dhaka at dawn
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has returned home from Turkey after taking part in the United Nations climate change summit (COP-31).
On Friday (13 November) at 5:40am, the Turkish Airlines flight carrying Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman and other members of the entourage landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
At the airport, the prime minister was received by Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, the prime minister's political adviser and BNP acting secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Chief Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Nurul Islam Moni, Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani, the prime minister's Principal Secretary A B M Abdus Sattar, member of parliament for Dhaka-18 S M Jahangir Hossain, and Dhaka North City Corporation administrator Md Shafiqul Islam Khan Milton.
Earlier, on Thursday (12 November) at 4:30pm local time in Turkey, the prime minister left Antalya Airport on a Turkish Airlines flight bound for Istanbul. After a stopover in Istanbul, he travelled on to Dhaka.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman had arrived in Antalya, Turkey, on Tuesday (10 November) for a three-day visit.
During the visit, the issues that received importance were tackling the impacts of climate change, climate finance, international cooperation, and strengthening Bangladesh's bilateral relations.
During the visit, alongside taking part in the COP-31 summit, he held bilateral meetings and courtesy calls with heads of state and government of various countries around the world and with top representatives of international organisations.
He also visited the Bangladesh Pavilion and the exhibition of eco-friendly jute products set up in the Green Zone there.
