Dhaka, Oct. 26 -- President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday met school students at Bangabhaban for the first time under a newly introduced policy, urging them to become well-educated and responsible citizens to lead the country in the future.

"You will lead Bangladesh in the future. We see a new Bangladesh and new dreams in you," he said while meeting students of Motijheel Ideal School and College at the presidential palace in the morning.

A selected group of meritorious students from Classes VII to IX, accompanied by teachers and led by the institution's Principal Prof Lal Mohammad, made the visit under the Policy on Visits to Bangabhaban by Students of Educational Institutions, 2026.

The students toured various facilities at Ba...