‘I’ll go to Bangladesh,’ says Lula, accepting Yunus’s invitation

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday expressed his interest in visiting Bangladesh in the coming months, hoping the trip would strengthen ties between the two nations. President Lula made the announcement during a meeting with Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the FAO-organised World Food Forum (WFF) in Rome, according to a Facebook post by the Chief Adviser at 4:19 am on Tuesday (Bangladesh local time). Both leaders served as keynote speakers at the forum and later held a bilateral meeting at the FAO headquarters, where they discussed matters of mutual interest, including social business, universal healthcare, social inclusion, and poverty alleviation. During the meeting, the Chief Adviser formally invited President Lula to...