OIC secretary general due tonight

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani will arrive in Dhaka tonight on a two-day working visit.

This is his third visit to Bangladesh since assuming the office, said a foreign ministry press release today.

Madani, who will lead a three-member delegation, will call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, according to the press release.

He will also hold meeting with Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, who will also host a dinner in honour of the secretary general. 

This is the part of his visit in four Asian member countries of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC).

He is expected to exchange views on the situation of Muslim World and programmes, initiatives and decisions taken so far by the OIC prior to the forthcoming 43rd Council of Foreign Ministers to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in October 2016.