Dhaka: UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Indo-Pacific) and Minister for Equalities, Seema Malhotra, has paid a courtesy call on the newly elected Prime Minister, Tarique Rahman. Malhotra met Rahman at his Sangsad Bhaban office shortly after he took the oath of office as the 11th Prime Minister of Bangladesh at the South Plaza of the Sangsad Bhaban earlier this afternoon.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Seema Malhotra was accompanied by Prime Minister Rahman’s daughter, Zaima Rahman, and the new minister, Dr. Khalilur Rahman, along with other officials. The meeting took place in the context of Malhotra’s visit to Dhaka to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Bangladesh’s new cabinet, led by BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman.