PM to visit Barishal on Monday

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is scheduled to visit Barishal on Monday for a series of official programmes, with a special focus on tree plantation campaigns.

According to Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman, the Prime Minister will travel to Barishal by road on Monday morning. “He has several tree plantation programmes there,” Ruman said. 

The premier is expected to return to Dhaka in the evening after completing his engagements.

The Prime Minister’s itinerary includes tree plantation at the newly re-excavated Sarikal–Batajor area in Batajor Union of Gournadi Upazila, another at the Trish Godown Mass Killing Memorial site in the district headquarters, and a third along the Sagar River adjacent to Trish Godown.

In the afternoon, he will attend a views exchange meeting with leaders of the BNP and its associate bodies at the district Shilpakala Academy.

This will mark Tarique Rahman’s first visit to Barishal since assuming the office of Prime Minister.