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PM reaches Khulna on daylong visit

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Khulna on Saturday on a daylong visit to join the 58th Convention of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) along with opening 47 development projects and laying the foundation stones of 52 other schemes.

Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League president, will address a public meeting, to be organized by the party, at the Circuit House Maidan in the southern divisional city in the afternoon.

She will inaugurate 47 development projects and lay the foundation stones of 52 other schemes by unveiling their plaques from the Circuit House Maidan.

Khulna city and district units will jointly arrange the public meeting at the Circuit House Maidan at 3 pm.

Earlier on Friday, Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) Commissioner Humayun Kabir said: “Three-tier foolproof security measures have been taken deploying 3,500 police members and installing 800 closed circuit television cameras (CCTVs) in the city, including IEB Khalishpur Center and the Circuit House Maidan area.”