“Let’s go to war,” Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said with a smile as he stepped out of his residence on Sunday to begin the first working day of the week.
Officials waiting outside his Gulshan residence were briefly surprised by the remark before realising he was referring to the daily struggle of running the country and confronting national challenges.
The Prime Minister left his residence at 8:42am for the Secretariat to attend meetings of the Cabinet Division, said his Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Rumon.
Personal staff and security officials were ready ahead of his departure.
When the door opened, the Prime Minister greeted them with his customary smile before making the remark.
Rumon said the Prime Minister reached the Secretariat at around 9:30am.
He was scheduled to attend several meetings throughout the day, including meetings with Education Minister A N M Ehsanul Haque Milon, Education Adviser Mahdi Amin and Bangladesh Investment Board Executive Chairman Ashik Chowdhury.
