Hasina, Modi pay homage to Bangabandhu at Tungipara

PM Hasina and her sister Rehana showed the Indian premier various parts of the Bangabandhu Memorial Complex

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Saturday paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj.

The two paid tributes to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his shrine there.

After laying the wreath, Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of Bangabandhu, the architect of independence.

Bangabandhu’s younger daughter Sheikh Rehana was also present.  

A special munajat, seeking eternal peace of Bangabandhu and other martyrs of the August 15 carnage and martyrs of the Liberation War, was also offered.

Hasina along with her sister Rehana showed the Indian prime minister various parts of the mausoleum. 

Earlier, on Modi’s arrival at Tungipara, Prime Minister Hasina received him at the Bangabandhu Memorial Complex with a bouquet. 

The Indian prime minister signed the visitors’ book and planted a sapling there.

Modi arrived in Bangladesh on Friday morning on a two-day official visit to attend the twin celebrations of the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence.