PM arrives in Saidpur to visit Durga Puja mandaps

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived in Saidpur on Tuesday morning to visit Durga Puja mandaps in Rangpur on Maha Navami, the ninth day of the Hindu community’s biggest religious festival.

He landed at Saidpur Airport at 9:50am aboard a military aircraft from Dhaka.

The prime minister was welcomed at the airport by Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu, State Minister for Water Resources Farhad Hossain Azad, Rangpur City Corporation Administrator Mahfuz Un Nabi Chowdhury Don, Rangpur Development Authority Chairman Shamsuzzaman Samu, Divisional Commissioner Jahangir Alam, Deputy Inspector General Aminul Islam, Deputy Commissioner Ishrat Jahan and Superintendent of Police Mohammad Mozammel Haque, among other senior officials.

After completing formalities at the airport, Tarique is scheduled to travel to Rangpur in a motorcade. He will address two roadside rallies at Taraganj and Paglapir on the way.

Earlier, the prime minister left Tejgaon Airport in Dhaka at 9:00am for a tour of Durga Puja mandaps in Rangpur, Rajshahi and Chattogram.