Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited Saudi Crown Prince and newly appointed Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud to visit Bangladesh. Bangladesh Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Mohammad Javed Patwary handed over the invitation letter to Waleed bin Abdulkarim Al-khuraiji, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of KSA, at the latter’s office on Friday. In the letter, PM Hasina talked about the strong bilateral relations between the two brotherly states and hoped that the support of the two countries in different sectors will increase in the coming days. Read: Pakistani PM invites Hasina to visit Islamabad While giving the letter, Ambassador Patwary discussed many issues with Waleed, including continuation of views exchange and co-operation in bilateral relations, supporting each other in the international organizations and accelerating trade and investments between the two nations. Ambassador Patwari also congratulated the Crown Prince for becoming the Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia.

The government on Wednesday invited BNP to join the opening programme of the Padma Bridge on June 25. Dulal Chandra Sutradhar, a deputy secretary of the Bridges Division, went to BNP's Nayapaltan central office around 11am and handed over the invitation cards to party’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. Also read:Cancel Padma Bridge grand opening; instead stand by flood victims, BNP urges govt Seven BNP leaders--party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Abdul Moin Khan, Nazrul Islam Khan and vice-chairman Hafiz Uddin Ahmed--were invited to participate in the inaugural programme of the much-awaited bridge. Talking to reporters, Dulal Chandra said he, on behalf of the Bridges Division, came to the BNP office with the invitation cards. Also read:BNP slams govt inaction towards helping flood victims Rizvi said a deputy secretary gave the invitation cards to the BNP office when he was present there. "I don’t want to make any comment on this. We have no interest in it.” Replying to a question, he said there is no reason for their party leaders to take part in the programme.