Tan Sri Dr. Syed Hamid Albar, Chairman of World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) Foundation, who is also the former Foreign Minister of Malaysia paid a working visit to Dhaka on 21 - 25 August 2022. Tan Sri Chairman paid a courtesy call on Honourable Zunaid Ahmed Palak, State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Division of Bangladesh on 24 August 2022, accompanied by Her Excellency Haznah Md Hashim, High Commissioner of Malaysia to Bangladesh. Tan Sri Chairman also delivered a Keynote Address at the National Seminar on Remembrance of Rohingya Genocide Day entitled Bangladesh and International Perspectives, along with Honourable M.A. Mannan, MP, Minister of Planning of Bangladesh.
