TUNGIPARA, July 5: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid tributes to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj.
She also offered prayers at the mausoleum of Bangabandhu.
She paid homage by placing a floral wreath at Bangabandhus grave and joined a prayer this afternoon seeking eternal peace of the departed souls of Bangabandhu and other martyrs of August 15, 1975 carnage.
After laying the wreaths, she stood in solemn silence for some time as a show of profound respect to the memory of the architect of independent Bangladesh.
Bangabandhus younger daughter and prime ninisters younger sister Sheikh Rehana and other family members were present.
Hasina, also President of the Awami League, reached her ancestral home at Tungipara in Gopalganj by road after crossing the Padma Bridge this afternoon.
The PM earlier in the day attended a civic rally at Mawa end in Munshiganj marking closure of the Padma Bridge construction project.
Since opening the Padma Bridge to traffic on 25 June 2022, the Premier went to her ancestral home in Tungipara several times by crossing the bridge.
The prime minister is scheduled to open "Bangabandhu Corner" at Gimadanga Tungipara Government Model Primary School and unveiled covered of an album titled "Eso Bangabandhuke Jani" (Lets know Bangabandhu) tomorrow morning.
Afterwards, the premier will visit Tungipara Multipurpose Poura Super Market.
She will leave Tungipara for Dhaka Saturday afternoon after paying homage to Bangabandhu at his mausoleum. —UNB
