Union Minister of Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation Jairam Ramesh is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today on a three-day visit to Bangladesh. Ramesh will be visiting Dhaka at the invitation of the Bangladesh Government to participate as a Special Guest in the International Conference on People’s Empowerment and Development.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the two-day conference on Sunday. Ramesh will address the inaugural and will also participate in the Working Session focused on the theme “Creating Jobs for All”.

Apart from this working session, the International Conference on People's Empowerment and Development will have six other sessions focused on eradication of poverty, reduction of inequality, Mitigation of deprivation, inclusion of excluded people, accelerating human development and Countering Terrorism.

Ramesh is also scheduled to hold meetings with different ministers before leaving Dhaka on Monday.