Dhaka, Mar 10 (PTI) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has postponed her two-day official visit to Japan over the global outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said on Tuesday. But the visit has been postponed as the novel coronavirus cases have spread there too," Momen was quoted as saying by Bdnews24.com. Hasina was scheduled to leave for Japan on March 30 on a two-day official visit. "We will visit Japan later and they (Japan) have agreed to the deferred plan," Momen added. Earlier this week, Bangladesh postponed the March 17 grand inaugural ceremony of the birth centenary celebrations of its founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after three coronavirus cases were detected in the country.

Source: bd News24 March 10, 2020 10:07 UTC