PM Tarique Rahman arrives at Mongla Port, to lay foundation stone of Tk 4,068cr jetty project
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has arrived at Mongla Port in Bagerhat on a day-long official visit. The helicopter carrying the prime minister landed at the port’s helipad at 9:50am on Thursday (November 5).
On his arrival in Mongla, the prime minister was received by Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman; State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Anindya Islam Amit; State Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Sheikh Faridul Islam; State Minister for Shipping and Bridges Rajib Ahsan; Khulna-5 MP Ali Asgar Lobi; and Khulna-4 MP SK Azizul Bari Helal.
Earlier, the prime minister left his residence by road for Tejgaon Airport at 9am and departed for Mongla by helicopter at 9:15am.
Accompanying the prime minister are Road Transport and Bridges, Railways and Shipping Minister Sheikh Rabiul Alam, BNP special secretary Belayet Hossain Mridha, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister ABM Abdus Sattar, Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Rumon, Director General of the Special Security Force (SSF) Major General Mahbubus Samad Chowdhury, Commandant of the President Guard Regiment (PGR) Brigadier General Golam Arikul Alam, Protocol Officer Kamrul Islam and the prime minister’s ADC Squadron Leader Syed Nazmul Hossain.
Deputy Press Secretary to the Prime Minister Zahidul Islam Roni said the prime minister has two programmes in Mongla. After reaching Mongla Port, he joined the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Invest Bangladesh and China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC).
After that, at 10:30am, the prime minister will unveil the plaque and lay the foundation stone for the construction of two container jetties and development of ancillary facilities under the Mongla Port facilities expansion and development project. According to the schedule, the Mongla Port expansion and modernisation project will cost Tk 4,068 crore.
After the port programmes, the prime minister will leave by road at 11:15am for the shrine of Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali (RA). He is scheduled to reach the shrine premises at 12:45pm and offer prayers there.
After visiting the shrine, the prime minister will head to Khulna. He will join the inaugural ceremony of ‘Notun Kuri Sports (Season-2)’, a children’s sports talent hunt organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, at Khulna District Stadium.
After the programmes, the prime minister will depart for Dhaka by helicopter at 4:30pm. He is scheduled to land at Tejgaon Airport in Dhaka at 5:15pm.
