Cherie Blair arrives today

Cherie Blair, wife of the former British prime minister Tony Blair, arrives in Dhaka today on a four-day visit.
Blair, a leading international lawyer and human rights advocate, will launch the Cherie Blair Fellowships tomorrow at the Asian University for Women in Chittagong.
Blair will call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to discuss matters relating to the Asian University for Women. During her visit, she will also meet the education minister and the state minister for environment on issues relating to the university, says an Asian University for Women press release.
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni will host a dinner in her honour at a state guesthouse where many eminent citizens of the city are expected. The British high commissioner to Bangladesh will also host a dinner in her honour.
In Chittagong, Blair will visit the Asian University for Women campus and speak to the 300 students of the university, of which she is a patron, and confer Cherie Blair Fellowships to 10 outstanding students. She will then have lunch with the Cherie Blair Fellows.
The mayor of Chittagong City will be hosting a public reception in her honour and a dinner where the mayor will present her a key to the port city.
Blair will give a public lecture at the Supreme Court Auditorium in Dhaka on the Human Rights Imperative of Law under the joint sponsorship of the Asian University for Women and the Supreme Court Bar Council.
Cherie Blair has been an ardent campaigner for the Asian University for Women globally. Last year she was in Hong Kong, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Brunei to rally support for the university. She is the featured speaker at a special event in support of the university that will be held in Kuwait on January 31 under the sponsorship of Asian University for Women Kuwait Support Committee.