PM Tarique Rahman arrives in Sylhet

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived in Sylhet on Wednesday morning for a day-long visit.

The aircraft carrying the Prime Minister and members of his entourage landed at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet at around 10:15am, according to the official schedule.

Following his arrival, Rahman departed for Moulvibazar, where he is set to inaugurate the Family Card distribution programme at a ceremony scheduled for 1:0 pm at the historic Victoria High School ground in Sreemangal.

According to the programme schedule, Tarique Rahman will inaugurate a family card distribution programme at the historic Victoria High School ground in Sreemangal at 1:00pm.

Under the programme, family cards will be distributed among 155 families in Ward No. 1 of Mirzapur Union in Sreemangal upazila.

At 2:30pm, the Prime Minister will attend another family card distribution programme at Moulvibazar Government High School ground, where 152 families in Ward No. 7 of Tengra Union in Rajnagar upazila will receive family cards.

Later in the afternoon, he will travel to DuSai Resort to attend a meeting with party leaders before leaving for Sylhet in the afternoon for his return journey to Dhaka.

After spending more than one and a half decades in London, Tarique Rahman returned to Bangladesh on 25 December last year.

He previously visited Moulvibazar during the election campaign on 22 January. This is his first visit to the district as Prime Minister since the BNP secured a majority in the national election.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to return to Dhaka in the evening.