PM opens 150 bridges in a single day
State mourning tomorrow for Palestinians killed in Gaza
Friday, 20 October 2023
Bangladesh will observe one-day state mourning on Saturday for the Palestinians killed in recent Israeli attacks, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced, reports UNB.
She also called for offering prayers for the Palestinian victims in all mosques after jumma and other places of worship across the country on Friday.
The victims of the brutal Israeli attack s are not only Muslims, but also Christian and Jews, she said.
The premier made the announcements on Thursday while addressing a programme arranged in Sarak Bhaban in the city's Tejgaon area to open 150 newly constructed bridges in 39 districts and 14 newly constructed overpasses of the Roads and Highways Department simultaneously.
She said Bangladesh will be in the fight to establish the rights of Palestinian people as repeated attacks on the Palestine can never be accepted.
"Our stance is that this war will have to be stopped soon. The Palestinian people should get back their due lands occupied by Israel. The lands will have to be given back the lands to the people of Palestine," she said.
Referring to the her Wednesday's meeting with envoys of OIC member countries based in Dhaka, Sheikh Hasina said she told the envoys that all have to fight unitedly for establishing the rights of Palestinian people.
At the programme, she also unveiled the foundation stones of 1,100-metre Kewatkhali Bridge and 1,471-metre Rahmatpur Bridge over Brahmaputra river in Mymensingh, while opened newly constructed DTCA Bhaban for Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority, BRTA Automated Motor Vehicle Fitness Test Centre of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, BRTC Bus Depot and Training Centre of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation as well as conferred the financial assistance to the road accident victims.
She also unveiled a mural of Bangabandhu in Sarak Bhaban, the office of Roads and Highways Department.
In less than one year since the simultaneous inauguration of 100 bridges across the country, the prime minister opened 150 more bridges -- 40 bridges in Mymensingh Division, 32 in Dhaka Division, 27 in Chattogram, 22 in Rajshahi, 12 in Khulna, eight each in Barishal and Rangpur and one in Sylhet division.