Online Desk : The much-discussed former US Ambassador Peter D. Haas is now in Cox’s Bazar. He arrived at Cox’s Bazar Airport on a flight around 9:30 am on Wednesday. He is accompanied by two other people. They are KM Atiqul Islam and Mohammad Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan. No formal identification of these two people has been found. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Maheshkhali Police Station Md. Manjurul Haque confirmed that they reached the 30-bed Excelerate Hope Hospital in Kutubjom Union at 11:30 am on that day.
Sources said that the three of them boarded a speedboat from the airport to Maheshkhali from the BIWTA port in Nuniarachhara in Cox’s Bazar town. After reaching Maheshkhali, they visited Hope Hospital. At that time, the Bangladesh Country director of Hope Foundation welcomed him. Later, he inquired about the overall situation of Hope Hospital. He joined the tree plantation program jointly produced by Accelerator LNG Terminal and Hope. Officials of the Hope Foundation were present at the time.
Former US Ambassador Peter Haas visited Maheshkhali as a strategic advisor to US-based liquefied natural gas company ‘Accelerate Energy’. He will return to Dhaka from Cox’s Bazar Airport on another flight at 6:10 pm.