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PM Tarique to visit Sylhet tomorrow

Greenwatch Desk Politics 2026-05-01, 9:58pm

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Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is set to visit Sylhet on Saturday on a day-long tour packed with official engagements, including project inaugurations and the launch of Notun Kuri Sports.


According to the schedule shared by the Prime Minister's Press Wing, the Prime Minister will arrive at Osmani International Airport around 10:00am.

He will begin the visit by offering prayers at the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (R).

Later, Tarique Rahman will attend the foundation stone-laying ceremony of a Sylhet City Corporation project at Chandni Ghat, near the Circuit House, aimed at alleviating waterlogging in the city.

He will also address a civic gathering there.

At noon, the Prime Minister will inaugurate the re-excavation of the Basia River in Kashipur union under Sylhet Sadar upazila.

In the afternoon, he will inaugurate Notun Kuri Sports-2026 at Sylhet District Stadium, an initiative of the Ministry of Youth and Sports designed to identify and nurture young sporting talent.

Tarique Rahman is also scheduled to attend a meeting at the Shilpakala Academy later in the day.

He is expected to return to Dhaka in the evening.

This will be Tarique Rahman's first visit to Sylhet as the Prime Minister.

He last visited the city on January 21 during the campaign for the 13th parliamentary election, in his first trip to Sylhet in nearly two decades, reports UNB.