GOPALGANJ:  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recited Holy Quran and offered Fateha at the mazar of Bangabandhu on Friday (January 24).

The prime minister arrived in Tungipara by an Air Force helicopter at around 11 am.

The newly-elected Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Central Working Committee and Advisory Council led by party President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Prime Minister and AL President Sheikh Hasina first laid a wreath at the mazar of Bangabandhu.

They paid the homage by placing wreaths at the mazar (shrine) of the Father of the Nation here this afternoon.

They offered Fateha and joined a munajat seeking eternal peace of the departed soul of Bangabandhu.

BDST: 1703 HRS, JAN 24, 2020

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