PM flies for Italy Tuesday on 4-day bilateral visit

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Rome on Tuesday on a four-day visit to hold talks with her Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte.

A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the PM and her entourage will take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the morning.

The flight is expected to reach Fiumicino Airport, Rome around 4:15pm (Italian time). Bangladesh Ambassador to Italy Abdus Sobhan Sikder will receive her at the airport.

In the evening, she will attend a community event at Parco dei Principi Grand Hotel.

On February 5, the PM will inaugurate the Chancery Building of Bangladesh Embassy at Via Dell’Antartide in Rome, Italy.

After that, she will hold her bilateral talks with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at Palazzo Chigi and join the official lunch.

In the afternoon, high officials of Italian business companies will meet her at Parco dei Principi Grand Hotel.

In the evening, she will attend a dinner to be hosted by the Bangladesh Ambassador.

On February 6, Pope Francis will give audience to Sheikh Hasina. After that, she will leave Rome for Milan.

On February 7, she will leave Milan for Dhaka by Emirates Airlines from Milan Malpensa International Airport at 1:40pm (local time).

She will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on February 8.