A five-member British cross-party parliamentary delegation is visiting to discuss issues of mutual interest with Bangladesh leadership.

The British parliamentary delegation is scheduled to call on prime minister Sheikh Hasina at Gonobhaban on Sunday.

They are scheduled to meet with foreign minister Hasan Mahmud at State guesthouse Padma at 1:00pm on Saturday.

This is the first parliamentary visit from the UK since general elections were held in Bangladesh earlier this month, said the Bangladesh High Commission in London.

The five-member parliamentary delegation led by lawmaker Paul Scully, former conservative minister for tech and digital economy also comprises three labour lawmakers namely lawmaker Virendra Sharma, vice-chair of All Party Parliamentary Group on Bangladesh and chair of APPG on Indo-British, lawmaker Neil Coyle, member of UK House of Commons Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, lawmaker Andrew Western, opposition whip at the House of Commons and Dominic Moffitt, senior parliamentary assistant at House of Commons. The delegation will be accompanied by Zillur Hussain MBE, advisor for The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust and strategic adviser for CWEIC and Ivelina Banyalieva, CEO of Connect.

They will visit Tungipara to pay respects to Bangladesh’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his mausoleum.

This will be the first time a British parliamentary delegation is visiting Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s mausoleum at Tungipara.

During the visit, the delegation is also scheduled to call on state minister for commerce Ahsanul Islam to discuss ways to further strengthen Bangladesh-UK trade, economic and Indo-Pacific partnership.

The delegation will also have a meeting with the business leaders of Bangladesh followed by visit to a green apparel factory.

The delegation will also travel to Sylhet to visit some of leading charities established by the British-Bangladeshis in the United Kingdom.

On January 30, the delegation will visit the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar in reaffirmation of their support to Bangladesh’s generous hosting of the persecuted Rohingyas from Myanmar and resolution of the protracted Rohingya crisis.

Bangladesh high commission in London coordinated the visit with the British Parliamentarians and the Commonwealth business delegation by Connect.

The delegation is scheduled to depart for London on January 31.