PM Tarique Rahman on Khulna–Bagerhat tour: Mongla port foundation, New Kuri Sports launch

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman travels to Khulna and Bagerhat today (Thursday, November 5) on a one-day tour. He will leave Dhaka by helicopter at 9 AM for Mongla and then continue by road to Khulna, according to a schedule confirmed by the Prime Minister's Additional Press Secretary Atiqur Rahman Ruman. In Mongla, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for the Mongla Port expansion project, under which two container jetties and related infrastructure will be built. This is his second visit to Mongla Port within two weeks, underlining the government's priority for the port. After the Mongla programme, he will travel to Bagerhat town to pay respects at the shrine of Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali (RA). At 3 PM, he will inaugurate 'Natun Kuri Sports (Season-2)', organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, at Khulna District Stadium. The launch will be broadcast via video conference so that the youth sports competition begins simultaneously in 503 upazilas across the country. Special security measures have been put in place in Khulna and Bagerhat for the visit, news reports said.