Staff Reporter
Speaker of the Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikrom, left Dhaka yesterday for Arusha, Tanzania, to attend the 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
He departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Tanzania at around 2:30 pm yesterday.
A parliamentary delegation, including Whip Mia Nuruddin Ahmed Apu, MPs Sarwar Jamal Nizam, A E Sultan Mahmud Babu, Md Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, SK Azizul Bari, Humam Quader Chowdhury, Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem, Sunsila Jabrin and Rokeya Begum, accompanied the Speaker.
The Speaker will attend various sessions of the IPU Assembly, scheduled to take place in Tanzania from October 5 to 9.
The 153rd IPU Assembly will focus on the theme, “Enhancing good governance and empowering communities through inclusivity, trust and opportunities for all”.
On the final day of the Assembly on October 9, the IPU Governing Council will elect a new President of the organization.
The Speaker is scheduled to return home on October 11 after concluding his participation in the IPU Assembly.
