Sheikh Hasina returned to Tungipara for the first time since taking power for a fifth term, accompanied by Awami League leaders
Published : 13 Jan 2024, 11:07 AM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the members of her cabinet have paid their respects at the mausoleum of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Gopalganj’s Tungipara after the Awami League won a fourth consecutive term in power.
Party leaders and activists chanted ‘Joy Bangla’ and ‘Joy Bangabandhu’ slogans as Awami League President Sheikh Hasina arrived on Saturday in Tungipara, her birthplace.
At 11:55 am, she paid her respects to her father, Bangabandhu, at his mausoleum.
Afterwards, she and her younger sister, Sheikh Rehana, participated in a prayer service. They then spent a moment in silence next to their father’s tomb.
At noon, the new cabinet members joined the prime minister to pay their respects to Bangabandhu.
Leaders of the Tungipara Upazila branch of the Awami League also paid their tribute to the Father of the Nation with flowers.
Under Hasina's leadership, the cabinet took their oaths of office on Thursday. Hasina took the reins for a fourth consecutive term as prime minister. It is also her fifth term in the post.
The prime minister’s trip to Tungipara is her first outside the capital since she was sworn in.
She departed her official residence, Gonobhaban, at 9:15 am. The prime minister’s convoy crossed the Padma Bridge around 10 am.
Hasina is scheduled to attend a public meeting with activists at the Tungipara Upazila Awami League offices during her two-day trip to Gopalganj. She will stay overnight at her own home.
On Sunday morning, she will depart for Kotalipara. There, she will exchange greetings with party leaders and activists before returning to Dhaka that same day.