The workers were constructing a toilet at a school next to the temple in Faridpur’s Madhukhali Upazila
Sweden urges Bangladesh’s support to candidature in election to UN Security Council
Swedish Prime Minister Kjell Stefan Löfven has phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking Bangladesh's support to Swedish candidature in the election of non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council for 2017-18.
Published : 26 June 2016, 07:41 PM
Updated : 27 June 2016, 01:22 PM
Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said the conversation took place on Sunday evening.
Both the Prime Ministers exchanged greetings during the around 10-minute talk.
The Swedish premier invited the Bangladesh prime minister to visit Sweden. Hasina also extended an invitation to Löfven to visit Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh prime minister also invited the Swedish prime minister to the Dhaka Global Forum for Migration and Development to be held on Dec 9.
Karim said both the prime ministers agreed to co-chair a UN High-Level Summit on Addressing the Large Movement of Refugees and Migrants slated for Sep 19 next at the United Nations in New York.
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