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PM-EID-GREETINGS 2 LAST DHAKA
The gate of the Ganabhaban was opened for visitors at 9.30 am when
people from all walks of life started coming after their Eid prayers and
waited in a long queue to meet the prime minister. On the occasion the big
lawn of Gonabhaban was tastefully decorated.
Leaders of different political parties, parliament members, freedom
fighters, educationists, senior journalists, leaders of associate bodies of
Awami League and different professional and trade bodies as well as the cross
section of people including beggars and destitute exchanged Eid greetings
with the prime minister.
Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury, LGRD Minister Engineer Khandakar
Mosharraf Hossain, AL Presidium Members Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Muhammad
Faruk Khan, Dr Abdur Razzak and Sahara Khatun, central leaders Mozaffar
Hossain Paltu, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Ashim Kumar Ukil, Khalid Mahmud
Chowdhury and Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokan were present,
among others.
Like previous years, some of the visitors took the programme as an
opportunity to draw attention of the top executive of the country to their
woes and sufferings and sought her intervention and support to resolve those
problems.
Later, Sheikh Hasina exchanged Eid greetings with judges of the Supreme
Court, senior civil and military officials and ambassadors and high
commissioners of different friendly countries at a separate programme on
Ganabhaban lawn.
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Choudhury, Chief Justice Syed
Mahmud Hossain and the chiefs of the three services attended the function.
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