Speaker off to Switzerland to attend IPU assembly

Jago News Desk Published: 21 March 2024, 12:39 PM
Speaker off to Switzerland to attend IPU assembly

Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury left Dhaka for Geneva, Switzerland early hours of today to join the 148th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) scheduled to be held on 23-27 March, reports BSS.

A parliamentary delegation led by the speaker departed from the capital city around 3:00am on Thursday, an official release said.

JS Chief Whip Nur-E Alam Chowdhury and lawmakers Shafiqul Islam, Mahbubur Rahman, Shahdara Mannan, Niluphar Anzum, HM Badiuzzaman, M Mujibul Huq and Akhtaruzzaman is accompanying the speaker.

Senior Secretary of the Parliament Secretariat KM Abdus Salam, Additional Secretary MA Kamal Billah, Joint Secretaries Enamul Haque and M Nazmul Haque, Deputy Secretaries M Wares Hossain and Jashim Uddin is also part of the delegation.

The speaker will return home on March 29.

Source: BSS