PM in selfie with Joy, Putul on Padma Bridge

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday arrived at her ancestral home at Tungipara in Gopalganj crossing the Padma Bridge for the first time. She inaugurated the bridge last month, report agencies.

Prime Minister spent some time on the Padma Bridge along with her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul on her way to Gopalganj.

They also took photographs on the Padma Bridge before going to their ancestral home crossing the bridge for the first time on Monday morning since its inauguration to traffic on June 25 last.

Joy, also the premier's ICT affairs adviser, posted a photograph (selfie) from his verified facebook account while numerous facebook users also shared it from their accounts.

In the selfie, Sheikh Hasina, her son Joy and daughter Putul are seen in joyful faces cheering their journey through the bridge which has made the dreams come true for millions.

They also took rest for a while in Janjira point's service area.

On arrival in Tungipara she, along with her family members, offered prayer at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Accompanied by her son and daughter, the premier offered fateha and raised hands in prayer seeking eternal peace of departed souls of Bangabandhu and other martyrs of August 15, 1975 massacre.

Prayers were also offered seeking divine blessings for good health and long life of Sheikh Hasina and their family members as well as continued peace, progress and prosperity of the country.

PM's Assistant Press Secretary MM Emrul Kayas. who accompanied the premier, confirmed this.

Earlier, she paid rich tributes to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his mausoleum.

After laying the wreath, she stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of the architect of the independence, who was brutally killed by some disgruntled army men on the dreadful night of August 15, 1975 along with most of his family members.