Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury left for Geneva, Switzerland early hours of Thursday to join the 148th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) scheduled to be held on March 23-27.
A parliamentary delegation led by the speaker departed from the capital city around 3am on Thursday, an official release said.
JS Chief Whip Nur-E Alam Chowdhury and lawmakers Shafiqul Islam, Mahbubur Rahman, Shahdara Mannan, Niluphar Anzum, HM Badiuzzaman, M Mujibul Huq and Akhtaruzzaman are accompanying the speaker.
Senior Secretary of the Parliament Secretariat KM Abdus Salam, Additional Secretary MA Kamal Billah, Joint Secretaries Enamul Haque and M Nazmul Haque, Deputy Secretaries M Wares Hossain and Jashim Uddin are also part of the delegation.
The speaker will return home on March 29.
