Noore Alam confessed the rape to the court after his arrest
Bangladesh greets new OIC Secretary General Yusuf Ahmed Al-Othaimeen
Bangladesh has greeted the new Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC ) Yusuf Ahmed Al-Othaimeen.
Published : 17 Nov 2016, 07:12 PM
Updated : 17 Nov 2016, 07:36 PM
He was elected as new chief of the organization after Saudi Arabia proposed his name following the resignation of immediate past Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani on health ground, according to a foreign ministry statement.
Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali also invited him to visit Bangladesh after Al-Othaimeen’s nomination was endorsed at a meeting in Makkha on Thursday, the foreign ministry said.
The invitation was “readily accepted” by him, the statement added.
The meeting was called at the request of Saudi Arabia after the recent ballistic missile attacks by Yemen's Houthi-Saleh militias targeting the Holy city of Makkah.
Mahmood Ali also praised Madani’s leadership while greeting the new chief.
The foreign minister had a meeting with Dr Nizar Madani, the Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, on the sidelines and discussed bilateral cooperation between the “brotherly” countries, the statement said.
RELATED STORIES
Students were on a fourth day of protests, obstructing the road and vandalising vehicles after the deaths of two students in an accident
Classes were closed from Apr 21 – Apr 27 due to the searing heat
Stopping all forms of aggression and atrocities are preconditions for sustainable development, Hasina said
