PM to brief media on Tuesday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference on Tuesday to brief the media about her recent official visit to South Africa.

The press conference will be started at the Prime Minister’s official Ganabhaban residence at 4pm, PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim confirmed the matter to media on Monday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday returned home from Johannesburg, South Africa after attending the 15th BRICS Summit on August 22-24.

The prime minister arrived in Johannesburg on August 22 night to attend the summit.

South Africa hosted the historic summit of the BRICS nations -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

It was the first BRICS Summit hosted in person since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent global restrictions.

President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the summit.