PM flies to Switzerland for WEF meet

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left for Switzerland last night to attend the 47th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, which is expected to encourage multinational companies and foreign investors to invest in Bangladesh.

Hasina is the first “elected” Bangladesh leader attending the prestigious event at the invitation of WEF's founder and Executive Chairman Prof Klaus Schwab.

She was leading a 57-member delegation.

The delegation members include Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, State Minister for ICT Junaid Ahmed Palok, 11 high officials from the PMO, eight officials from the foreign ministry, 13 advance security personnel, nine accompanying security members and 11 members from PM's official press and media team.

The four-day annual meeting of the WEF will be on January 17-20 under the theme “Responsive and Responsible Leadership”.

As per the programme schedule, the PM on January 17 will attend the opening plenary of the WEF the Congress Centre in Davos. Before the opening of the plenary, WEF Executive Chairman Klaus Schwann will call on her.

Concluding her five-day tour, Hasina is expected to reach Dhaka around 10:15am on January 21.