MOON Correspondent: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has lauded Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as a “role model” and a great source of inspiration for him.
“My wife and two daughters are your fans,” Sunak told Hasina during a 35-minute bilateral meeting they held on Friday at the Marlborough House of the The Commonwealth Secretariat London.
This was the first meeting of the two prime ministers after Sunak took office last year, UNB reports.
Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem briefed reporters after the meeting. PM’s Speech Writer M Nazrul Islam was also present during the briefing.
Hasina is in now London to attend the coronation of King Charles III.
According to the high commissioner Sunak praised Bangladesh’s economic growth and Hasina’s leadership.
Sunak wanted to know the secret behind the achievement of such a high economic growth before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, she said.
