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Denmark Crown princess arrives

Denmark Crown Princess Mary arrived in Dhaka on Monday morning on a three-day tour to visit Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar and climate vulnerable community in Sundarbans area, reports BSS. 

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen received the crown princess with flower bouquet at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

The princes will hold meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and also witness signing ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) between the two countries.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen is also scheduled to call on Princess Mary.

The princess will leave Dhaka for Cox's Bazar this afternoon after holding meeting with Bangladesh prime minister and foreign minister.

On Tuesday, Princess Mary will visit different Rohingya camps and host community to get firsthand experience of Rohingya situation and hurdles of the local community through direct interaction.

On Wednesday, the princess will go to Satkhira from Cox's Bazar by helicopter to visit different parts of Sundarbans area.

Princess Marry will interact with members of climate vulnerable community of Kultoli village and visit a cyclone centre and walk through coastal embankment there.

She will also talk to forest officials for discussing biodiversity and salt water intrusion in the Sundarbans. Princess Mary is scheduled to depart for Istanbul by a Turkish airline flight on Wednesday night.