PM arrives in Cox's Bazar

Cox's Bazar Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here on Saturday morning on a daylong visit to inaugurate and lay foundation of a number of development projects.

The prime minister reached the country's main tourist city by a Biman flight which coincides with the inaugural flight of wide-bodied Boeing aircraft on the expanded runway of the Cox's Bazar International Airport.

Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate and lay foundation of as many as 17 projects including much-awaited Cox's Bazar-Teknaf Marine Driveway.

Bangladesh Army under the supervision of Roads and Highways Department constructed the 80-km marine driveway.

On her arrival at Cox's Bazar International Airport, the premier formally launched the operation of the wide-bodied 737-800 Boeing aircraft from the airport.




risingbd/ Cox's Bazar/May 6, 2017/Mukul