Dhaka, Jul 20 (UNB) – Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Saturday returned home from the USA after joining a parliamentary forum in New York.
The Parliamentary Forum at the 2019 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and Related Meetings was held at the UN Headquarters.
The Speaker addressed ‘Growing inequality and distrust in government: Breaking Cycle’ session at the conference on July 15.
Dr Shirin also attended a discussion arranged by Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
Besides, she joined different programmes during her stay in New York, said a Parliament Secretariat handout.
Senior Secretary of Parliament Secretariat Dr Zafar Ahmed Khan also joined the parliamentary forum as part of the two-member Bangladesh delegation.
On July 12, the Speaker left Dhaka for New York to join the conference.