BANGLADESH

PM leaves for Mawa point

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Tejgaon Airport, Dhaka at 9.30am by a helicopter to join the Padma Bridge opening programme at Mawa point.

The premier will join the Padma Bridge inaugural ceremony at Mawa point in Munshiganj at 10 am.

As per the premier’s programme schedule, she will also unveil commemorative postage stamps, souvenir sheets, opening day cover and seals at 11am at Mawa point to mark the grand opening of the country’s biggest self-financed mega project which is likely to boost GDP by 1.2 to 2 percent.

The Prime Minister will formally open the Padma Bridge by unveiling the inaugural plaque and mural-1 after paying toll at the Mawa point at 11.12am. She will also join a munajat to be offered there.

She will begin her journey for Jajira point in Shariatpur from Mawa point by road crossing the bridge at 11.23am.

The premier will reach Jajira point at 11.45am and unveil the inaugural plaque of the bridge and mural-2. She will also join a munajat there.

Sheikh Hasina, also Awami League president, will join a public rally of the party marking the opening of the bridge at Kathalbari under Shibchar upazila in Madaripur district at 12 noon.

The premier will start for Dhaka from Jajira point by helicopter at 5.30pm.

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