Prime Minister returns home after COP-31 conference

National

Dhaka Magazine Desk

Published: Friday, 13 November 2026

Prime Minister Tareq Rahman has returned home after participating in the UN Climate Change Conference COP-31 in Turkey. A Turkish Airlines flight carrying the Prime Minister, his wife Dr. Zubaida Rahman, and other delegation members landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 5:40 am on Friday (November 13). The Prime Minister's Deputy Press Secretary Hasan Shibly provided this information.

At the time, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, the Prime Minister's Political Adviser and BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism M Rashiduzzaman Millat, Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni, and senior officials welcomed the Prime Minister and his wife at the airport.

Earlier, the Prime Minister departed from Antalya for Istanbul at 4:15 pm local time on Thursday and, after a brief stopover in Istanbul, left for Dhaka around 8 pm. Senior official of Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Subutay Yuksel, saw him off at Antalya Airport.

The Prime Minister arrived in Antalya on November 10 on a three-day official visit to attend COP-31 and the Antalya summit. On Thursday, he spoke at the high-level session of COP-31. In his speech, he highlighted five urgent actions to meet the needs of climate-vulnerable countries.