President goes to his hometown Pabna today

President Mohammed Shahabuddin will go to his hometown Pabna today (Sunday) on a four-day visit to attend several programmes, including holding view exchange meetings with local business leaders, government officials and elected representatives.

"The President will leave Dhaka for Pabna at noon tomorrow on a four-day visit . . . He will hold view-exchange meetings with a cross-section of people and different professional bodies in the town," President Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin told media on Saturday.

A festive mood has been prevailing in and around the Pabna town centering the arrival of President Shahabuddin in his hometown.

The district administration is set to ensure foolproof security on this occasion.

Locals along with the political leaders and workers as well as common people are eagerly waiting to receive the President at his ancestral home.

The President is scheduled to return to Dhaka on June 12, according to his program schedule.