PM hosts tea party

FE Team | Published: January 25, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

Brushing aside busy schedule, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Friday spent some time with artists, singers, players, and high civil, military and police officials, as she hosted a "cha chakra" (tea party) for them at Gonobhaban, reports BSS.
The grassy lawn of her official residence resonated with the presence of the significant number of distinguished guests in the afternoon.
Sheikh Hasina talked to them and enquired about their wellbeing by going around the lawn.
The elder daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman spent a few memorable moments with the artists, players, and high civil, military and police officials by gossiping with them and enjoying patriotic and folk songs and recitation of poems.
Officials of Prime Minister's Office, Bangladesh Army, Special Security Force (SSF), Bangladesh Police and Ansar and VDP enthralled the audience by performing songs and reciting poems.
Besides them, the physically-challenged children, who won a number of medals in the Special Olympics last year, also joined the nearly two-hour programme.
Cultural personality Asaduzzaman Noor, who is also the minister for cultural affairs, conducted the cultural session.
The guests were entertained with various kinds of traditional pitha (cakes) like pati-sapta, puli, bhapa and chitoi, and kebab, parata, nan ruti, sweetmeats, tea and coffee.
A number of "kure ghars" (huts) decorated with pottery and handicraft items were set up, while there were "fuchka" and "chotpoti" vans at the lawn of Gonobhaban to entertain the guests.
University Grants Commission Chairman Professor Dr A K Azad Chowdhury, Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hussain Bhuiyan, Chief of Army Staff General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, Chief of Naval Staff Vice-Admiral M Farid Habib, Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Muhammad Inamul Bari, Principal Secretary Shaikh Md Wahid Uz Zaman, IGP Hasan Mahmud Khandakar, senior secretaries, Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh Major General Aziz Ahmed, Director General of RAB Mokhlesur Rahman, Military Secretary to the Prime Minister Major General Mia Muhammad Joynul Abedin and SSF Director General Major General Sheikh Aman Hassan attended the programme, among others.
Besides, noted artist Qaiyum Chowdhury, President of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Kazi Salahuddin, Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hasan Papon, MP, former BFF general secretary Harun-or-Rashid, former national cricket team captains Raqibul Hasan, Akram Khan, Minhazul Abedin Nannu and Naimur Rahman Durjoy, former national footballers Badal Roy, Dewan Shafiul Arefin Tutul, Sheikh Md Aslam and Satyajit Das Rupu, and actors Razzak and Faruk joined the programme.
PM's Advisers Dr Moshiur Rahman, Dr Gowher Rizvi, Major General (retd) Tariq Ahmed Siddique and Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury and Special Assistant (media) Mahbubul Hoque Shakil were present, among others.