US governor Ted due in city Nov 10

Diplomatic Correspondent
Governor of the US State of Oregon, Ted Kulongoski, will arrive in Dhaka on a three-day visit to Bangladesh on November 10. The aim of the visit is to build stronger and long-term ties between Oregon and Bangladesh. Accompanying Ted will be Major General Raymond F Rees, the adjutant general of the Oregon National Guard. They will meet the civilian and military leaders of Bangladesh who support their State Partnership Program -- an effort to build long-term relationships between individual states and their National Guard units, and foreign countries. Officials here said the visit is part of a continuing effort to discuss mutual best practices for natural disaster response and medical mass casualty training exercises.