Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate 50 model mosques across the country on the occasion of 'Mujib Year' on Thursday.
These are part of a project which would ultimately set up 560 mosques all over Bangladesh in the coming days.
This was stated at a press briefing of the Ministry of Religious Affairs at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital.
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Md Faridul Haque Khan, state minister for religious affairs was present at the briefing.
Sheikh Hasina will formally inaugurate the mosques at 10:30am through videoconferencing from her official residence, according to the briefing.