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UNB, Dhaka

British former Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie Blair arrived here yesterday evening on a private visit.

Competent sources told UNB that Cherie who is a senior attorney in UK would meet senior Bangladeshi lawyers, discuss some important legal matters and exchange views with politicians, representatives of civil society and rights bodies on prevailing political and human rights situation.

She will also meet Foreign Advisor Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury at state guesthouse Padma this afternoon.

The British High Commission nor the Foreign Ministry could give details of her schedules in Dhaka since she is on a private tour.