Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived at Saidpur Airport on Tuesday morning to visit Durga Puja mandaps in Rangpur on Maha Navami, the ninth day of the Sharadiya Durga Puja festival.

He landed at the airport at 9:50am aboard a military aircraft from Dhaka.

Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu, State Minister for Water Resources Farhad Hossain Azad, Rangpur City Corporation Administrator Mahfuz Un Nabi Chowdhury Don, Rangpur Development Authority Chairman Shamsuzzaman Samu, Divisional Commissioner Jahangir Alam, DIG Aminul Islam, Deputy Commissioner Ishrat Jahan and Superintendent of Police Mohammad Mozammel Haque, among other senior officials, welcomed the prime minister.

After completing the formalities at the airport, the prime minister is scheduled to leave for Rangpur in a motorcade.

On his way from Saidpur to Rangpur, he will address two roadside rallies at Taraganj and Paglapir.

Earlier, at 9am on Tuesday, Tarique Rahman left Tejgaon Airport in Dhaka for a tour of three districts outside the capital — Rangpur, Rajshahi and Chattogram — to visit Durga Puja mandaps.