The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

President Professor Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed will leave here for New York on October 30 on a seven-day official visit to the USA. He will be accompanied by his wife Professor Dr. Anwara Begum.

The President will arrive in New York on October 31 via Dubai by a regular flight of the Emirates Airlines, said a Bangabhaban press release on Monday. During the visit, the President will attend functions in Ohio and New Orleans. On November 1, he will visit Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Centre. On the following day, he will deliver a speech on "The Education System of Bangladesh" at the Ohio State University.

The President will stay in Ohio on November 3 and arrive in New Orleans on November 4.

On November 5, he will present a scientific paper on "Bangladesh problems of global warming, land inundation and arsenic poisoning" at a conference in New Orleans to be jointly organised by the Soil Science Society of America, the American Society of Agronomy and Crop Science Society of America.

He will also attend a reception and awards programme by the Soil Science Society of America.

On November 6, the President will leave New Orleans for New York. On November 7, he will leave New York to arrive in Dhaka on November 8.

The President's entourage will include the Military Secretary and Secretary to the President and other officials concerned.