Modi pays tributes to Bangabandhu at Tungipara

Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj, marking the birth centenary of Bangabandhu and the Golden Jubilee of Independence, reports UNB. 

The Indian Prime Minister paid homage to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his mausoleum there.

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

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.

Sheikh Hasina along with her sister Sheikh Rehana showed the Indian Prime Minister various parts of the mausoleum.

Earlier, on his arrival at Tungipara, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received him at the Bangabandhu Memorial Complex with a bouquet. Sheikh Rehana was also present.

The Indian Prime Minister also 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.