{"id":112760,"date":"2021-03-17T16:40:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T23:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=112760"},"modified":"2021-03-17T16:40:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T23:40:09","slug":"prime-minister-mahinda-rajapaksa-to-undertake-state-visit-to-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/03\/17\/prime-minister-mahinda-rajapaksa-to-undertake-state-visit-to-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to Undertake State Visit to Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Prime Minister\u2019s Media Unit<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><strong>March 17, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will make a state\nvisit to Bangladesh from March 19-20, 2021, on an invitation extended by the\nPrime Minister of the People\u2019s Republic of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina. The visit\nwill coincide with the celebration of the birth centenary of the Father of the\nNation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Golden Jubilee of the\nIndependence of Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s Ministry of Health has granted approval\nto undertake the state visit to Bangladesh as a Bio Secure Travel Bubble\nadhering to strict COVID-19 preventive measures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Rajapaksa will be delivering a speech\nFriday evening at the event to mark the conclusion of the Mujib Year,\u201d\ndeclared to celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur\nRahman and Bangladesh\u2019s independence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the visit, Prime Minister Rajapaksa will hold\nhigh-level bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, President of\nBangladesh Mohammad Abdul Hamid, the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh and the\nGovernor of the Bangladesh Bank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The special invitation and the high-level bilateral\ndiscussions are expected to enhance the strong relations the two countries have\nenjoyed for a very long time. Bilateral discussions will touch upon a variety\nof sectors including agriculture, trade and investment, defense, maritime\nconnectivity, education, health and tourism, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The visit will also see the two countries sign a\nnumber of Memoranda of Understanding in various sectors such as agriculture,\ntechnical education, health and cultural cooperation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among other engagements, Prime Minister Rajapaksa\nwill visit the National Martyrs\u2019 Memorial where he will lay a wreath to pay his\nrespects to those who died in the Bangladesh War of Independence and plant a\nsapling. Later, the Sri Lankan Prime Minister will also visit the Bangabandhu\nMemorial Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bangladesh became a nation in 1971 and established\nformal diplomatic relations with Sri Lanka the following year. Both countries\nwill celebrate the 50th Anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister\u2019s Media Unit March 17, 2021 Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will make a state visit to Bangladesh from March 19-20, 2021, on an invitation extended by the Prime Minister of the People\u2019s Republic of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina. The visit will coincide with the celebration of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}