Speaker off to New Delhi to attend IMF workshop

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury today left Dhaka for New Delhi to attend the Microeconomic Policy and Capacity Building Workshop for Legislators of South Asia.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is going to arrange the parliamentary workshop to be held in New Delhi from March 26-27.

During her visit, Dr Shirin will lead a Bangladesh delegation at the workshop, an official release said.

The delegation includes chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Estimates Md Abdus Shahid, chairman of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts Md Rustum Ali Faraji, Sagufta Yasmin, MP, Anwarul Abedin Khan, MP, and Ahasanul Islam (Titu), MP.

Senior Secretary of Parliament Secretariat Dr Zafar Ahmed Khan and senior officials saw her off at Shahjalal International Airport here at 7 am this morning.

The Speaker is likely to return home on March 28.

Source: BSS