Prime Minister Tarique Rahman left here for Chattogram by military aircraft on Tuesday evening after completing his daylong visits to Rangpur and Rajshahi.

He departed from Shah Makhdum Airport in Rajshahi for Chattogram at 6:30pm, according to Prime Minister's Assistant Press Secretary Abdullah Al Mahmud Shahriar.

The Prime Minister visited puja mandaps and exchanged greetings with members of the Hindu community in Rangpur and Rajshahi on the occasion of Durga Puja.

This was the first time in Bangladesh that a head of government visited puja mandaps outside Dhaka during the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community.

Tarique Rahman first arrived in Rangpur aboard the military aircraft, which landed at Saidpur Airport in Nilphamari at 9:50am.

He then travelled by bus from the airport towards Rangpur. Along the way, he waved to BNP leaders and activists and members of the public standing on both sides of the road.

On his way from Saidpur to Rangpur, he attended two roadside rallies at Taraganj and Paglapir before visiting a Durga Puja mandap at Radha Gobinda Temple in Rangpur.

The Prime Minister arrived at Shah Makhdum Airport in Rajshahi aboard the military aircraft at 2:55pm from Rangpur.

On his way from the airport to the rally venue, thousands of people stood along both sides of the road to greet him. He responded by waving to them from inside the bus.

Tarique Rahman later attended a public rally at the historic Madrasah Ground, also known as Haji Muhammad Mohsin Government High School Ground, in Rajshahi, where he launched a programme to distribute Tk 12 crore in incentives among 38,970 sugarcane farmers in the region.

The Prime Minister later visited a Durga Puja mandap at Dharmasabha Temple in Rajshahi and exchanged views with members of the Hindu community on the occasion of Durga Puja in the evening, before leaving for Chattogram.