Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is currently in Bangladesh, visited the Jeshoreshwari and Orakandi Temples in southwestern Shatkhira and Gopalganj to offer prayers.
“Today, I got the opportunity to offer prayers before Maa Kali…I prayed to her to free the human race from COVID-19,” the Prime Minister said.
He later visited the ‘Mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’ in Tungipara along with Sheikh Hasina.
Here, the Prime Minister laid a wreath and planted a sapling to pay tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
While addressing the National Day event in Dhaka yesterday, Prime Minister Modi said both India and Bangladesh should remain united and vigilant to counter the terrorism in the region.
“We must remember that we have similar opportunities in the fields of trade and commerce, but at the same time, we’ve similar threats like terrorism. The ideas and powers behind such types of inhumane acts are still active. We must remain vigilant and united to counter them,” Modi said.
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