Tarek Rahman in Bagerhat after 22 years, leaders and activists excited

According to the Prime Minister's Office itinerary, he will arrive at Mongla Port by helicopter at 10am on Thursday. There he will attend the memorandum of understanding signing ceremony between Invest Bangladesh Authority and China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC). At 10:30am, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for development activities, including the construction of two container jetties under the Mongla Port expansion and development project.

Then at 11:15am, he will leave by road for the shrine of Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali (R.). On the way, he is scheduled to speak at a gathering of leaders and activists at Katakhali Mor. After visiting the shrine at 12:45pm, he will leave Bagerhat for Khulna at 1:15pm.

Local people expect that this visit will remove the district's long-standing deprivation of development. They have sought the Prime Minister's special attention to improving the service quality of the 250-bed hospital, repairing roads, preventing river erosion, fully modernizing Mongla Port, developing tourism and creating Sundarbans-focused employment.

Former general secretary of the district Juba Dal Sujan Molla said that 22 years ago, at the grassroots representatives conference at Khan Jahan Ali College field, he had the opportunity to get close to Tarek Rahman, and his arrival again after a long time is a joy. District Council Administrator Barrister Sheikh Md. Zakir Hossain and District Chhatra Dal President Atiqur Rahman Russell said leaders and activists have made all-out preparations unitedly to make the visit successful.