<span style="color: #222222;">State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh Shahriar Alam will not be participating in the Raisina Dialogue programme scheduled to be held from 14-16 January 2020 in New Delhi. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Confirming this to the Prasar Bharti Special Correspondent in Dhaka the PRO of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Bangladesh said that the Minister will be travelling to UAE with the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during this period and therefore he will not be able to participate in the Raisina Dialogue being organised by the ORF in Delhi.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a statement issued later, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh said that it has noticed a few misleading news items published in Indian media regarding the visit of the state Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam to India.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It said that the minister was invited for the function but he could not avail of the participation as he is travelling to UAE with the Prime Minister. It also said that no bilateral meeting was scheduled during this period.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The ORF had listed Shahriar Alam as one of the speakers during the Raisina Dialogue programme.</span><br />''  <br />