Land Minister Mizanur Rahman Minu speaks at Rajshahi Government Polytechnic Institute academic building foundation-laying ceremony in Rajshahi. Photo : BSS

RAJSHAHI, July 18, 2026 (BSS)- Land Minister Mizanur Rahman Minu, MP, said 
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is giving the highest importance and priority 
to the country's education system, especially engineering and technical 
education. 

In continuation of that, a new academic building is being constructed to make 
the academic activities of the Polytechnic Institute more dynamic and modern, 
so that future engineers from this institution can play a stronger role in 
serving the country and the world.
 
He said these things while speaking as the chief guest at the foundation 
stone laying ceremony of the new academic building of Rajshahi Government 
Polytechnic Institute and the inauguration ceremony of the office of the 
Alumni Association at 12 noon today.

As part of the government's development plan, large hostels for students will 
be constructed and modernized in phases at this educational institution, the 
minister said. 

He also mentioned that two electric buses will be gifted to the institution 
on behalf of the Prime Minister for the convenience of students' commute.
 
Expressing the government's commitment to environmental protection, he said 
that in cooperation with Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) and Rajshahi 
Development Authority (RDA), the campus should be greened by planting neem 
trees and fruit-bearing trees extensively on the institution premises. 

The Prime Minister's goal is to plant a total of 25 crore trees in the next 5 
years, at 5 crore per year.
 
Reiterating the Prime Minister's special message to the students, the Land 
Minister said that in order to maintain the continuity of development, the 
student community must follow specific priorities.
 
In this case, the first priority will be education, followed by social 
status, sports and culture and finally politics.
 
At this time, he gave special instructions to the engineers to maintain the 
quality of the construction work of the building under construction.
 
The event was attended by RCC Administrator Mahfuzur Rahman Riton, RDA 
Chairman Abul Kalam Azad Sweet, the Principal of Rajshahi Government 
Polytechnic Institute along with teachers and students, and political 
leaders.
 
At the beginning, Mizanur Rahman Minu, the RCC Administrator and the RDA 
Chairman each planted a neem sapling on the premises of Rajshahi Government 
Polytechnic Institute.
 
It is to be noted that the construction cost of the one-storey academic 
building with a six-storey foundation of Rajshahi Government Polytechnic 
Institute has been estimated at Taka 2.7 crore. 
 
Earlier, the land minister inaugurated the construction of one-storey 
academic buildings with six-storey foundations at Rajshahi River View 
Collectorate School and Rajshahi Loknath High School. 

The construction cost of Rajshahi River View Collectorate School has been 
estimated at Taka 1.58 crore and the construction cost of the academic 
building of Rajshahi Loknath High School has been estimated at Taka 2.08 
crore.