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Bangladesh’s Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment and Labour and Employment, Ariful Haque Chowdhury, has left Dhaka for the United States to attend the 40th FOBANA Convention 2026 as its chief guest.
The minister departed Dhaka at around 1:40am on Saturday on an Emirates Airlines flight. The three-day convention will be held from September 4 to 6 at the Universal Hilton Convention Hall in Universal City, Los Angeles, California.
The convention, hosted by the Bangladesh Association of California (BAC), is expected to bring together thousands of Bangladeshi expatriates, community leaders and businesspeople from different states of the US and Canada.
As chief guest, Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury is scheduled to address the opening ceremony on September 4.
During his visit, he is also expected to discuss the welfare of Bangladeshi expatriates, bilateral trade and investment, and labour-market issues in the United States.
He is scheduled to return to Bangladesh on September 8.