PM to open 50 model mosques today

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BSS, Savar :
Coinciding with ‘Mujib Year’, 50 model mosques — out of total 560 — are set to be opened simultaneously across the country today.
“Honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally inaugurate the mosques at 10:30am through videoconferencing from her official residence Gono Bhaban in the capital,” Deputy Project Director (DPD) Shafique Talukder said at a briefing on the premises of Savar Upazila Model Mosque yesterday.
The mosques are located at Savar upazila in Dhaka district, Madhukhali and Saltha upazilas in Faridpur, Pakundia and
Kuliarchar upazilas in Kishoreganj, Shibaloy upazila in Manikganj, Rajbari Sadar upazila, Shariatpur Sadar and Gosairhat upazilas, Shariakandi, Sherpur and Kahaloo upazilas in Bogura, Sapahar and Porsha upazilas in Naogaon, Sirajganj district and sadar upazila, Chatmohar upazila in Pabna, Godagari and Paba upazilas in Rajshahi, Khansama and Birol in Dinajpur, Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat, Panchagarh sadar and Debiganj upazilas, Rangpur district, sadar upazila, Mithapukur, Pirgonj and Badargonj upazilas, Haripur upazila in Thakurgaon, Subarnachar upazila in Noakhali, Gafargaon and Tarakanda upazilas in Mymensingh, Chattogram district, Lohagara, Mirsharai and Sandwip upazilas, Jamalpur sadar and Islampur upazilas, Nabinagar and Bijoynagar upazilas in Brahmanbaria, Bhola sadar, Dakshinsurma upazila in Sylhet, Daudkandi upazil in Comilla, Panchari upazila in Khagrachhari, Kushtia sadar, Khulna district, Kachua upazila in Chandpur, Rajapur upazila in Jhalakathi and Chuadanga sadar upazila, he said.
Besides, 100 more model mosques will be inaugurated by the end of this year, marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the official added.
Imbued with the spirit of Islam and following the footsteps of Father of the Nation, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has come up with the idea of constructing 560 model mosques across the country involving Taka 8,722 crore, the DPD said.

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