PM arrives in Rangpur to visit Durga Puja mandap

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived in Rangpur this morning to visit Durga Puja mandaps on the occasion of ‘Maha Navami’, the ninth day of the Hindu community’s biggest religious festival Durga Puja.

The Prime Minister landed at Saidpur Airport in Nilphamari at 9:50am by a military aircraft, where he was received by State Minister for Water Resources Forhad Hossain Azad and Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu.

Earlier, the Premier departed Tejgaon Airport in Dhaka at 9:00am for Saidpur.

In Rangpur, Tarique Rahman is scheduled to visit the puja mandap at Radha Gobinda Temple and exchange greetings with the devotees there.

After the Rangpur visit, the Prime Minister is scheduled to travel to Rajshahi, where he will visit a puja mandap at Dharmasabha Temple at 1:15pm.

Following a brief stop at Rajshahi Circuit House, he will attend a public meeting at the playground of Haji Muhammad Mohsin Government High School at 3:00pm.

He will then travel to Chattogram to visit the puja mandap at JM Sen Hall in Rahmatganj at 5:30pm before returning to Dhaka tonight.

The Prime Minister is accompanied by BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Women and Children Affairs Minister Professor AZM Zahid Hossain, BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Cultural Affairs Minister Nitai Roy Chowdhury, State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam, Prime Minister’s Adviser Rehan Asif Asad, PM’s Special Assistant Bijon Kanti Sarker and BNP Special Secretary Belayet Hossain Mridha, among others.

Earlier, the Prime Minister visited puja mandaps in Dhaka’s Mohakhali and Banani areas, accompanied by his wife, Dr Zubaida Rahman.

Maha Navami falls today, while the Sharadiya Durga Puja festivities will conclude tomorrow with the immersion of idols.