Shawdesh Desk:

Executive chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and former British prime minister Sir Tony Blair had a breakfast meeting with Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban on Saturday morning.

PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim, while briefing reporters, said that the former British PM, during the meeting, apprised Sheikh Hasina of the activities of his Institute.

PM Hasina appreciated the Tony Blair Institute’s mission to equip leaders and governments for the global future.

She recalled her various meeting with Tony Blair while he was the Prime Minister of Britain.

Karim said that both reviewed Bangladesh-UK relations.

They also talked about sports, particularly cricket, as the England cricket team is touring Bangladesh right now.

Principal secretary M Tofazzel Hossain Miah, foreign secretary Masud Bin Momen, PMO secretary Mohammad Salahuddin and British high commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson were present during the meeting.