The Prime Minister left Dhaka at 9am yesterday (20 October) and first visited the historic Radha Gobinda Dharmasabha Temple in Rangpur, where he exchanged greetings with devotees.
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21 October, 2026, 12:15 pm
Last modified: 21 October, 2026, 12:21 pm
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman returned to Dhaka today (21 October) after visiting Durga Puja mandaps in Rangpur, Rajshahi and Chattogram and exchanging greetings with members of the Hindu community as part of his daylong tour marking Sharadiya Durga Puja.
He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here by a military aircraft at 1:10am today after completing his visits to the three divisional cities on Maha Navami yesterday.
The Prime Minister left Dhaka at 9am yesterday (20 October) and first visited the historic Radha Gobinda Dharmasabha Temple in Rangpur, where he exchanged greetings with devotees.
He later visited the Dharmasabha Temple in Rajshahi, where he handed over a cheque for Tk10 lakh to the temple authorities and held an interaction with members of the Hindu community.
In Rajshahi, community members requested him to consider establishing a fund for celebrating puja and setting up temples. They also expressed satisfaction with the government's increased grants and support for this year's Durga Puja celebrations.
At a public rally in Rajshahi, the Prime Minister digitally transferred Tk12 crore in incentives to 38,970 sugarcane farmers in the region to support cultivation.
Later in the evening, Tarique Rahman visited the JM Sen Hall Puja mandap in Rahmatganj, Chattogram, where he exchanged greetings with members of the Hindu community and joined a view exchange meeting.
During the visit, devotees welcomed the Prime Minister with greetings and cultural programmes, while party leaders, activists and supporters lined roadsides in different areas to greet him.
The Prime Minister was accompanied on his return to Dhaka by BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Cultural Affairs Minister Nitai Roy Chowdhury, BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs State Minister Mir Mohammed Helal Uddin, Prime Minister's Special Assistant Bijon Kanti Sarkar, lawmaker Nipun Roy Chowdhury and BNP Joint Organising Secretary Jayanta Kumar Kundu, among others.
The five-day Sharadiya Durga Puja festivities conclude today with the immersion of idols on Bijoya Dashami.