Begum Khaleda Here Today
By M K Anwar

Bandar Seri Begawan - Bangladeshi Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia is expected to arrive in Brunei today (Sunday) for a two day official visit.

She will be the first Bangladeshi Head of Government to visit the Sultanate.

A royal reception is scheduled with His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei at Istana Nurul Iman tonight. Begum Khaleda arrives here after a visit to Indonesia.

The visit to Brunei is aimed at improving bilateral relations as well as to discuss matters pertaining to manpower exports, energy and education.

On the second day of the official visit, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is scheduled to visit Kampong Ayer on a river cruise.

A special reception will also be hosted at the Bangladeshi High Commissioner for Begum Khaleda to meet the Bangladeshi community in Brunei.

Accompanying Prime Minister Khaleda Zia will be the Bangladeshi Foreign Minister M. Morshed Khan, the State Minister for Overseas Employment Quamrul Islam and other senior government officials.

In 1991, she became the country's first woman Prime Minister through a general election held in February 1991.

She became Prime Minister for the second consecutive term after the BNP had a landslide victory in 15 February 1996 general election.

Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is expected to leave Brunei tomorrow (Monday). -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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