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Thursday | October 22, 2026 | Dhaka

PM set for daylong Khulna-Bagerhat visit

 Staff Reporter
 Published: 12:09 AM, 22 October 2026
Members of the Puja Udjapan Parishad present a bonsai tree as a commemorative gift to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the JM Sen Hall Puja Mandap in Chittagong on Tuesday on the occasion of the autumn Durga Puja festival.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is scheduled to visit Khulna and Bagerhat tomorrow to inspect the Sundarbans, review the operations of Mongla Port and visit the proposed Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) Economic Zone.

According to the tour schedule, the Prime Minister will leave his residence for Tejgaon Airport at 8:30am and fly by helicopter to the Sundarbans at 9:00am today.

At around 10:00am, he will conduct an aerial inspection of Hiron Point and adjacent areas of the mangrove forest.

Following the inspection, he is scheduled to land at the Nalian Secondary School ground in Dacope upazila of Khulna at 10:30am. He will then travel by road to a launch terminal before proceeding by waterway to BNS Mongla in Bagerhat.

The Prime Minister is expected to reach the BNS Mongla jetty around noon and proceed to the wardroom. After lunch, he will attend a meeting at the wardroom conference room at 1:45pm.

In the afternoon, Tarique Rahman will inspect the overall operations and jetty facilities of Mongla Port. He is scheduled to visit the proposed BEZA Economic Zone at 3:15pm.

After completing his engagements, the Prime Minister will leave Mongla by helicopter for Dhaka at 4:00pm and is expected to arrive in the capital at 5:00pm.

The tour will be accompanied by the Prime Minister’s personal staff and relevant officials, according to a letter signed by Md Ujjal Hossain, Protocol Officer-1 at the Prime Minister’s Office.

The Khulna and Bagerhat district administrations, along with local law enforcement agencies, have completed the necessary security and administrative preparations ahead of the visit.