Dinajpur, March 15 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is set to visit Dinajpur on Monday to inaugurate a nationwide canal excavation and re-excavation programme aimed at improving irrigation, boosting agricultural production and creating rural employment.

It will be Tarique Rahman's first visit outside the capital since assuming office as Prime Minister on February 17.

After introducing the Family Card programme, the government is now launching the canal excavation programme to fulfill another election pledge of BNP.

Tarique Rahman will arrive at Syedpur Airport at 10:15am from Dhaka by air, Prime Minister's Deputy Press Secretary Hasan Shiplu told UNB on Sunday.

From the airport, Shiplu said the Prime Minister will travel by road to Ba...