C T Online Desk: Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and Former British Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair had a breakfast meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this morning at her official residence Gono Bhaban.
PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim, while briefing reporters, said during the meeting, the former British prime minister apprised Hasina of the activities of his institute.
The prime minister appreciated the Tony Blair Institute’s mission to equip leaders and governments for the global future.
She recalled her various meeting with Blair while he was the prime minister of Britain.
They both reviewed Bangladesh-UK relations and also talked about sports, particularly cricket, as the England cricket team is touring Bangladesh right now, Karim said.
PM’s Principal Secretary M Tofazzel Hossain Miah, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen, PMO Secretary Mohammad Salahuddin and British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson were present during the meeting.
