WIP award handed over to PM

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UNB, Dhaka :
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Monday handed over the Women in Parliament (WIP) Global Forum award to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam handed over the award to the Prime Minister at the Cabinet meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat, said PM’s Press Secretary AKM Shameem Chowdhuri.
Bangladesh received the award for its leading role in reducing gender gap in political sphere in South and South East Asia.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam, on behalf of the
Prime Minister, received the prestigious award conferred by WIP at its Summit at the Headquarters of African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 25 last.
Founder of the Switzerland-based WIP Silvana Koch-Mehrin had invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to receive the award. But, State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam received the award on her behalf.
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