Staff Reporter :
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will visit Khulna and Bagerhat today to inspect the Sundarbans, review the operations of Mongla Port and visit the proposed BEZA Economic Zone as part of his daylong tour of the two districts.
The Prime Minister will leave his residence for Tejgaon Airport at 8:30am and fly by helicopter to the Sundarbans at 9am, according to the tour schedule.
Around 10am, he will conduct an aerial inspection of Hiron Point and adjacent areas of the Sundarbans.
After the aerial inspection, he will land at the Nalian Secondary School ground in Dacope upazila of Khulna at 10:30am. From there, he will travel by road to a launch terminal and proceed by waterway to BNS Mongla in Bagerhat.
The Prime Minister will reach the BNS Mongla jetty around noon and proceed to the wardroom. After lunch, he will attend a meeting at the wardroom conference room at 1:45pm.
In the afternoon, he is scheduled to inspect the overall operations and jetty facilities of Mongla Port. Later, he will visit the proposed BEZA Economic Zone at 3:15pm.
After completing the daylong engagements, the Prime Minister will leave Mongla by helicopter for Dhaka at 4pm and is scheduled to arrive in the capital at 5pm.
The tour will be accompanied by the Prime Minister’s personal staff and concerned officials, according to a letter signed by Prime Minister’s Office Protocol Officer-1 Md Ujjal Hossain.
Khulna and Bagerhat district administrations, along with local law enforcement agencies, have completed the necessary security and administrative preparations ahead of the visit.
