Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is scheduled to make a daylong visit to Kishoreganj on Sunday, where he will attend several development, welfare and fisheries-related programmes.
It will be his first visit to the district since taking office. He will travel to Kishoreganj by road and visit Sadar, Pakundia and Katiadi upazilas.
According to the official tour schedule, the prime minister will begin his programme in Pakundia at 11:30am by releasing and distributing fish fry in the Old Brahmaputra River at Mirzapur Chairman Bari Ghat.
He will later exchange views with local people.
At 12:30pm, Tarique will visit the Carp Hatchery Complex in Katiadi. Around 1pm, he will attend the opening ceremony of National Fisheries Week 2026 and distribute awards at the Achmita George Institution field.
The fisheries event is being held outside Dhaka for the first time, with the greater Mymensingh region accounting for around 40 per cent of the country’s total fish production, according to local lawmakers.
After lunch and a brief rest at the circuit house, the prime minister will distribute Family Cards and various grants at the district’s Old Stadium at 4pm.
He will also inaugurate a programme to provide honorariums to imams, muezzins, khadems and workers serving religious institutions.
Earlier, at 2:30pm, he is scheduled to inaugurate a development project at the historic Sholakia Eidgah and join a tree plantation programme organised by the Kishoreganj district unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal.
According to the schedule, monthly honorariums will be provided during the 2026-27 fiscal year to religious leaders and workers associated with 82,656 mosques, 3,000 temples, 752 Buddhist monasteries and 301 churches.
The visit has prompted heightened preparations across the district. Authorities have repaired roads and carried out cleaning and other works along routes expected to be used by the prime minister.
Local BNP leaders and supporters have expressed enthusiasm over the visit, while the party’s local lawmakers said the prime minister could announce initiatives concerning development, communications, employment, education and fisheries.
Kishoreganj BNP President and State Minister for Textiles and Jute Md Shariful Alam said people across the district were eagerly awaiting the visit and hoped it would help address their long-standing development demands.
Tarique is scheduled to leave Kishoreganj for Dhaka around 6pm after completing his daylong engagements.
