Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has set out for Rangpur to visit puja pavilions outside Dhaka on Maha Navami, the ninth day of the Sharadiya Durga Puja.

He left Tejgaon airport on a military aircraft at 9am on Tuesday, according to his Press Secretary Saleh Shibli.

The prime minister will visit the Puja pavilion at Radha Gobinda temple in Rangpur and exchange greetings with devotees, Shibli said.

The head of government is scheduled to visit Puja venues across Rangpur, Rajshahi, and Chattogram throughout Maha Navami before returning to Dhaka at night.

Aboard the aircraft with him are Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee member Gayeswar Chandra Roy, Women and Children Affairs Minister AZM Zahid Hossain, ...