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PM greets Bangladesh U19 cricket team for reaching final
DHAKA, Feb 6, 2020 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina extended her
heartiest congratulation to the Bangladesh U19 cricket team for creating
history by qualifying for the final of ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup for the first
time when they beat New Zealand by six wickets at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
in South Africa tonight.
“My heartiest congratulations to all of you (cricket team). I am very
happy that you have brought the honour to the country,” she said in a message
of greeting from the Italian city Milan as she is now on a four-day official
visit to Italy at the invitation of her Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte.
The premier went to Italy on February 4 and is expected to return home on
February 8.
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