PM leaves for Bagerhat, Khulna to attend day-long programmes

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman left Dhaka today for Bagerhat and Khulna to attend a series of programmes, including an MoU signing ceremony on investment, the laying of the foundation stone of two container jetties at Mongla Port and the inauguration of Notun Kuri Sports (Season-2).

He departed the old Tejgaon airport by a helicopter for Mongla in Bagerhat at 9:25 am, Additional Press Secretary to the Prime Minister Atikur Rahman Rumon told BSS.

After completing his scheduled programmes in Mongla, the Prime Minister will travel by road to Khulna to attend the inaugural ceremony of Notun Kuri Sports (Season-2) at the Khulna District Stadium, Rumon said.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to attend the signing of an MoU between the Investment Bangladesh Authority and the China Railway Construction Corporation at Mongla Port at 10 am.

At 10:30 am, he will lay the foundation stone of two container jetties at the port, and then leave Mongla by road at 11:15 am for Bagerhat town, where he will visit the mazar of Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali (R) at 12:45 pm.

He will then set out for Khulna by road at 1:15 pm and make a brief stop at the Khulna Circuit House at 2:15 pm.

At 3 pm, the Prime Minister will attend the opening ceremony of Notun Kuri Sports (Season-2) at the Khulna District Stadium, before flying back to Dhaka by helicopter at 4:30 pm and arriving at Tejgaon Airport at 5:15 pm.

He is accompanied by Minister for Road Transport and Bridges, Railways and Shipping Shaikh Rabiul Alam, BNP Special Secretary Belayet Hossain Mridha, Principal Secretary ABM Abdus Sattar, Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Rumon, SSF Director General Major General Mahbubus Samad Chowdhury, PGR Commandant Brigadier General Ghulam Ariqul Alam, Protocol Officer Kamrul Islam and the Prime Minister’s ADC Squadron Leader Syed Nazmul Hossain.