Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury returned home from the United Kingdom yesterday after attending the 62nd commonwealth parliamentary conference held in London, reports UNB. Dr Shirin inaugurated the seven-day CPA annual conference held from December 11 to 17 with the theme ‘Collaborative Commonwealth: Unity, Diversity and Common Challenges’ as the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s (CPA).
During the conference, she also took part in various programmes, including the CPA general assembly and the CPA executive committee’s meeting, said a Parliament Secretariat release. Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Posts and Telecommunications and ICT Ministry Imran Ahmed also joined the event as a CPA executive committee member.