<i>Nishat relaxes at home</i>
Wasfia yet to return
Returning home after about two months, Nishat Majumder yesterday spent the day with family while another mountaineer Wasfia Nazreen, who has been staying in Kathmandu since Sunday, is yet to finalise the date to return home.
“I passed the day gossiping with family members and relatives and have no programme scheduled today. I am in a relaxed mood after many days,” Nishat, first Bangladeshi woman to conquer Mount Everest, told The Daily Star last evening.
Dhaka Wasa, Nishat's working station, will accord a reception to her today [Tuesday] at the capital's Wasa Bhaban, Nishat said adding that the State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowhury is scheduled to visit her residence to greet her.
However, her fellow mountaineer MA Mohit, the first Bangladeshi to scale up the mountain from both sides, could not be contacted over phone yesterday.
Nishat started the expedition on April 9 under the campaign 'Because I am a girl' by Plan Bangladesh, an NGO. She reached the peak on May 19.
Meanwhile, Bangladeshi Embassy in Nepal yesterday accorded a reception to Wasfia Nazreen, who conquered the mountain on May 26 as the second Bangladeshi women.
"We have accorded a reception to her (Wasfia) at noon at the embassy's hall room," Bangladesh Ambassador to Nepal Prof Nim Chandra Bhowmik told The Daily Star last evening.
A facebook update of Wasfia yesterday said that Nepal Tourism Board is also scheduled to accord a reception to her.
“Wasfia will surely return home by next week although the date is still not fixed,” said Korvi Rakshand, spokesperson of Bangladesh on Seven Summits' campaign, which arranged her trekking.
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