PM pays glowing tributes to Bangabandhu in Tungipara

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid rich tributes and offered prayers at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj.

She paid homage by placing a floral wreath at Bangabandhu's grave and joined a prayer this afternoon seeking eternal peace of the departed souls of Bangabandhu and other martyrs of August 15, 1975 carnage.

After laying the wreath, the Prime Minister stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of the architect of independent Bangladesh.

Sheikh Hasina, also President of the Awami League, reached her ancestral home at Tungipara in Gopalganj by road crossing the Padma Bridge this afternoon.

The Prime Minister earlier today attended a civic rally at Mawa end in Munshiganj, marking the completion of the Padma Bridge construction project.

Since the opening of the Padma Bridge to traffic on 25 June 2022, the Premier went to her ancestral home in Tungipara several times crossing the bridge.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to open "Bangabandhu Corner" at Gimadanga Tungipara Government Model Primary School and unveil the covered of an album titled "Esho Bangabandhuke Jani" (Let's know Bangabandhu) Saturday morning.

Then she Premier will visit Tungipara Multipurpose Poura Super Market.

The Premier will leave Tungipara for Dhaka Saturday afternoon after paying homage to Bangabandhu at his mausoleum.

/MHK/