The Awami League has confirmed the attendance of 53 high profile foreign political leaders from 11 countries at the party’s 20th triennial national council starting this morning. A press statement issued by the Awami League lists the names, designations and countries from which these guests are coming to attend the two-day event. From the Saarc countries will be present Sri Lankan ReligiousAffairs Minister AH Mohamad Hasheem; from Nepal former prime minister KP Sharma Oli; Bhutanese Minister of Information and Communications Dina Nath Dungyel among others. From the United Kingdom Jenny Rathbone, assembly member for Cardiff Central, Welsh Government, and Dilwar Ali, councillor for Landaff North, City of Cardiff Council, are to attend. Canadian MP Deepak Obhrai from Conservative Party will be in attendance with Australian State MP of New South Wales from Labor Party, Hugh McDermott and Maninderjit Singh, councillor of Blacktown City Council from Labor Party.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 21, 2016 20:26 UTC