Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia pledged to work together for global peace, development and further welfare of the Muslim Ummah as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud held a meeting at this major western Saudi city on the coast of Red Sea.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged Saudi entrepreneurs to be "partners" of Bangladesh in investment, trade, profit sharing and prosperity to bring a change in the life of millions of people.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has requested the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to cut the interest rate of International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), an autonomous entity within the IDB, to make its lending rate more "competitive" for the country's oil-import purpose.
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Iyad bin Amin Madani has sought Bangladesh's support to replicate its (Bangladesh) tremendous success in the fields of NGO, women empowerment and micro-financing in other Muslim countries.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone of Bangladesh Chancery Building in Riyadh, saying that having such an embassy building is a symbol of an independent country.
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