Chandrika Kumaratunga calls on PM

Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gonobhaban here today.

After the meeting, PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said they discussed various matters relating to mutual interests and different aspects of their political parties.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the president of Bangladesh Awami League and Chandrika Kumaratunga, former chairman of Sri Lankan Freedom Party, shared their political experiences as both the parties have many commonalities.

Founder of the both parties- Father of the Nation of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Sri Lankan leader Solomon Bandarnaike-were brutally assassinated and both the organizations were subject to repression and torture for a long time.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina informed Chandrika of various aspects of Bangladesh's society saying every people irrespective of their religious belief are living peacefully and participating together in every festival.

The prime minister said her government has successfully resolved the ethnic problem in the Chittagong Hill Tracts without intervention of any third party.

The press secretary said during the meeting both the leaders also recalled their personal relations.

PM's Advisor on International Affairs Dr Gowher Rizvi and PMO Secretary Suraiya Begum were present.

Chandrika Kumaratunga arrived in Dhaka on May 21 on a four-day visit to join a program of London-based Global Leadership Foundation.

Source: bss