Prime Minister Tarique Rahman left Dhaka for Bagerhat and Khulna on Thursday to attend several programmes, including an investment MoU signing ceremony, the foundation-laying ceremony for two container jetties at Mongla Port and the inauguration of Notun Kuri Sports (Season-2).
He departed from the old Tejgaon Airport by helicopter for Mongla in Bagerhat at 9:25am, Additional Press Secretary to the Prime Minister Atikur Rahman Rumon told BSS.
After completing his programmes in Mongla, the prime minister will travel by road to Khulna to attend the opening ceremony of Notun Kuri Sports (Season-2) at Khulna District Stadium, Rumon said.
Tarique is scheduled to attend the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Investment Bangladesh Authority and China Railway Construction Corporation at Mongla Port at 10am.
He will lay the foundation stone of two container jetties at the port around 10:30am. He is scheduled to leave Mongla by road for Bagerhat town around 11:15am.
At 12:45pm, he will visit the mazar of Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali (R) in Bagerhat.
He will leave for Khulna by road at 1:15pm and make a brief stop at Khulna Circuit House at 2:15pm.
The prime minister will attend the opening ceremony of Notun Kuri Sports (Season-2) at Khulna District Stadium around 3pm.
He is scheduled to fly back to Dhaka by helicopter around 4:30pm and arrive at Tejgaon Airport around 5:15pm.
The prime minister is accompanied by Road Transport and Bridges, Railways and Shipping Minister 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 his ADC, Squadron Leader Syed Nazmul Hossain.
