Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid rich tributes and offered prayers at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj.
She paid homage by placing a floral wreath at Bangabandhu's grave and joined a prayer this afternoon seeking eternal peace of the departed souls of Bangabandhu and other martyrs of the August 15, 1975 carnage.
After laying the wreath, the prime minister stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of the architect of independent Bangladesh.
Sheikh Hasina, also president of the Awami League, reached her ancestral home at Tungipara in Gopalganj by road crossing the Padma Bridge this afternoon.
PM travels to Tungipara in personal jeep without flag
Children replicate Bangabandhu's speech in Tungipara
PM travels to Tungipara in personal jeep without flag
Children replicate Bangabandhu's speech in TungiparaThe prime minister earlier attended a civic rally at Mawa end in Munshiganj, marking the completion of the Padma Bridge construction project.
Since the opening of the Padma Bridge to traffic on June 25, 2022, the premier went to her ancestral home in Tungipara several times crossing the bridge.
The prime minister is scheduled to open "Bangabandhu Corner" at Gimadanga Tungipara Government Model Primary School and unveil the covered of an album titled "Esho Bangabandhuke Jani" (Let's know Bangabandhu) on Saturday morning.
Then she will visit Tungipara Multipurpose Poura Super Market.
The premier will leave Tungipara for Dhaka on Saturday afternoon after paying homage to Bangabandhu at his mausoleum here.
