Prime Minister arrives in Mongla

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived in Mongla of Bagerhat by helicopter from Dhaka on Thursday morning on a daylong official visit.

He reached Mongla around 10:00 am.

Earlier, he left his Gulshan Avenue residence in Dhaka for Tejgaon Airport at 8:45 am. He took a helicopter from the airport at 9:00 am for Mongla.

During the visit, the prime minister will lay the foundation stone for a project to build two container jetties and develop related infrastructure at Mongla Port at a cost of Tk 4,068 crore. The project aims to expand and modernise the port.

An MoU on investment cooperation between Invest Bangladesh and China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) is also scheduled to be signed in the presence of the prime minister.

After the Mongla programme, Tarique Rahman will visit the shrine of Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali (R).

In the afternoon, he will attend the opening ceremony of Notun Kuri Sports (Season-2) at Khulna District Stadium.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to return to Dhaka in the evening.

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