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US President Donald Trump hosted a dinner in honor of world leaders and their spouses who had arrived in New York to attend the 81st session of the UN General Assembly. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and his wife, Zubaida Rahman, attended the event. The Prime Minister’s Office and the BNP’s media cell released a photograph of the occasion, citing the White House.

The photo shows Tarique Rahman and Zubaida Rahman standing with President Trump. The dinner took place in New York on September 22.

Meanwhile, on the sidelines of the 81st UN session, US First Lady Melania Trump held a special meeting with the spouses of heads of state and government from various countries. There, she unveiled her global child welfare initiative, “Fostering the Future Together,” and called upon the First Ladies of other nations to join the movement.

Zubaida Rahman and Melania Trump. Photo: BNP Media Cell

Zubaida Rahman, wife of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, participated in that meeting. The BNP media cell also released a photo of this meeting, citing the White House.

It is worth noting that the Prime Minister traveled to New York on September 21 to attend the UN General Assembly session. He delivered a speech in Bangla at the General Assembly on September 24 (local time) and returned home on September 27 following the visit.

In his address at the UN, the Prime Minister emphasized the development roadmap for a new democratic Bangladesh, global peace, the Rohingya crisis, climate change, and the equitable use of artificial intelligence (AI). Outlining the government’s roadmap for national reconstruction, the Prime Minister stated, “To repair a Bangladesh scarred by fascist rule and exploitation, the government is pursuing a ‘3-R’ strategy: Recovery, Restoration, and Reconstruction.”

At the outset of her speech, the Prime Minister paid deep tribute to the martyrs of the July-August 2024 student-led mass uprising and those who sacrificed their lives in the democratic struggles following independence. Noting the democratic transition that followed the end of one and a half decades of fascism, she said, “In this Bangladesh, the people entrusted the responsibility of governing the state to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) through the fair, free, and impartial national election held on February 12 of this year.”

In her address, the Prime Minister reaffirmed Bangladesh’s unwavering support for the demand to establish an independent Palestinian state. She stated, “The pro-democracy people of Bangladesh are deeply concerned about the plight of the freedom-seeking Palestinian people. Bangladesh reiterates its steadfast support for their legitimate demands, including the right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.”

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