Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offered ziarat at the Rawza Mubarak of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) in the holy city of Medina on Sunday afternoon.
She performed ziarat at the Rawza Mubarak of the great prophet at Masjid-e Nababi after saying Asr prayer.
Earlier, the Bangladesh premier arrived at Medina on Sunday on a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia to attend the international conference on “Women in Islam: Status and Empowerment” to be held in Jeddah.
A commercial flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the prime minister and her entourage landed at Prince Mohammad Bin Abdul Aziz International Airport in Medina at 1:10pm local time (Bangladesh time 4:10pm).
During the flight, the prime minister went around the flight and talked to the general passengers. People were seen talking to her and taking photos with their prime minister.
Hasina inquired about their wellbeing and talked with the children.
She will leave Medina for Jeddah after Esha prayer and then she will perform Umrah in Makkah on Sunday.
On Monday, she will join the opening event of the International Conference on Women in Islam and deliver her speech as the guest of honour there.
Besides, the prime minister will have separate meetings with Iranian vice president for Women and Family Affairs Department Enseieh Khazali, Executive Director of OIC Women Development Organisation Dr Afnan Alshuaiby and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan.
She also will attend the inauguration of the Women in Islam Exhibition to be arranged by Princess Noura University on the same day (November 6).
On Tuesday, the Bangladesh premier will offer prayers in the Masjid al-Haram.
Sheikh Hasina will return home on Wednesday morning (November 8), leaving Makkah on Tuesday night.
Saudi Arabia in coordination with the general secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is hosting the conference from November 6-8.
The international conference on women in Islam is being held aiming to clarify women’s rights and responsibilities in Islam, especially women’s rights to education and work as per the teachings of Islam, with broad participation from scholars of the Muslim Ummah.
