Prime Minister to visit the shrine of Khan Jahan Ali

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will visit the shrine of Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali (RA) in Bagerhat on Thursday. On the same day, he will lay the foundation stone for the construction of two new container jetties under the Mongla Port Expansion and Development Project.

According to the Prime Minister's itinerary, he will arrive at Mongla Port at 10:00 am. From there, he will travel to Bagerhat by road. This is his second visit to Bagerhat since taking office as the Prime Minister. Earlier, on October 22, he visited Mongla Port and the Sundarbans.

Rear Admiral Arif Ahmed Mostafa, Chairman of the Mongla Port Authority, said the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for the construction of two new container jetties at the port and related development work. This will mark the start of the project's construction work.

He said the project will be implemented under an agreement signed between Bangladesh and China on October 10. The agreement was signed during the Prime Minister's recent visit to China. The project cost has been estimated at Tk 4,068 crore. Of this, the Bangladesh government will finance Tk 475 crore and China Tk 3,593 crore.

Under the project, a 368-meter-long container terminal and yard will be constructed. It will also have facilities for handling dangerous cargo. Forty-nine pieces of equipment will be added to the new container yard. More than 30 containers will be able to be loaded and unloaded per hour. As a result, Mongla Port's annual container handling capacity will increase to four lakh TEUs.

Meanwhile, in the presence of the Prime Minister, a memorandum of understanding is scheduled to be signed between the Invest Bangladesh Authority and the China Railway Construction Corporation at Jetty No. 9 of the port on the same day.

According to the itinerary, after visiting the shrine of Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali in Bagerhat, the Prime Minister will attend the inauguration ceremony of the Notun Kuri Season-2 in Khulna.