Prime Minister Tarique Rahman travels to Rajshahi on Tuesday for a Madrasa Maidan rally and a puja pavilion visit

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will travel to Rajshahi tomorrow, Tuesday, October 20. During the visit he will address a public rally at the historic Madrasa Maidan and visit the Durga Puja pavilion at the Rajshahi Dharma Sabha temple.

Government sources say the Prime Minister will visit the Rajshahi Dharma Sabha temple at 1:30 pm and address the public rally at Madrasa Maidan at 3 pm. According to the day's schedule, the temple visit comes first, followed by the rally.

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) administrator Mahfuzur Rahman Riton said BNP leaders and activists are waiting with great interest and enthusiasm for Tarique Rahman's first visit as Prime Minister.

He said the Prime Minister's arrival will further accelerate Rajshahi's development work. The local administration and party leaders see the visit as an opportunity to move the city's development plans forward.

To observe the preparations for the Prime Minister's visit, the RCC administrator inspected Madrasa Maidan today, reviewing the overall readiness of the rally venue.

Speaking to journalists there, he said the BNP has taken up various development-oriented plans and projects for the overall development of Rajshahi. These projects include the construction of a four-lane road from Biman Chattar to Kasiadanga.

Also on the list are road development and widening from Kumarpara's Gul Gafur petrol pump via Boro Kuthi and the Barendra Research Museum to the Fire Brigade intersection, development of playgrounds in the city's 30 wards, and construction of a park for senior citizens, among other development works.

He added that the development work on the long-damaged Hetemkha-Bornali road has already been completed, and work is also ongoing on the development of mosques, madrasas and other religious institutions.

Local members of parliament, BNP leaders and senior administration officials visited the venue on Sunday to review all the preparatory activities undertaken for the Prime Minister's Rajshahi visit.

All in all, Rajshahi is now abuzz ahead of Tuesday's visit. City residents and party leaders and activists are waiting to see what message the Prime Minister gives on development plans at the rally and what he says during the puja pavilion visit.