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RAJSHAHI, July 18, 2026 (BSS)- Land Minister Mizanur Rahman Minu, MP, said
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is giving the highest importance and priority
to the country's education system, especially engineering and technical
education.
In continuation of that, a new academic building is being constructed to make
the academic activities of the Polytechnic Institute more dynamic and modern,
so that future engineers from this institution can play a stronger role in
serving the country and the world.
He said these things while speaking as the chief guest at the foundation
stone laying ceremony of the new academic building of Rajshahi Government
Polytechnic Institute and the inauguration ceremony of the office of the
Alumni Association at 12 noon today.
As part of the government's development plan, large hostels for students will
be constructed and modernized in phases at this educational institution, the
minister said.
He also mentioned that two electric buses will be gifted to the institution
on behalf of the Prime Minister for the convenience of students' commute.
Expressing the government's commitment to environmental protection, he said
that in cooperation with Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) and Rajshahi
Development Authority (RDA), the campus should be greened by planting neem
trees and fruit-bearing trees extensively on the institution premises.
The Prime Minister's goal is to plant a total of 25 crore trees in the next 5
years, at 5 crore per year.
Reiterating the Prime Minister's special message to the students, the Land
Minister said that in order to maintain the continuity of development, the
student community must follow specific priorities.
In this case, the first priority will be education, followed by social
status, sports and culture and finally politics.
At this time, he gave special instructions to the engineers to maintain the
quality of the construction work of the building under construction.
The event was attended by RCC Administrator Mahfuzur Rahman Riton, RDA
Chairman Abul Kalam Azad Sweet, the Principal of Rajshahi Government
Polytechnic Institute along with teachers and students, and political
leaders.
At the beginning, Mizanur Rahman Minu, the RCC Administrator and the RDA
Chairman each planted a neem sapling on the premises of Rajshahi Government
Polytechnic Institute.
It is to be noted that the construction cost of the one-storey academic
building with a six-storey foundation of Rajshahi Government Polytechnic
Institute has been estimated at Taka 2.7 crore.
Earlier, the land minister inaugurated the construction of one-storey
academic buildings with six-storey foundations at Rajshahi River View
Collectorate School and Rajshahi Loknath High School.
The construction cost of Rajshahi River View Collectorate School has been
estimated at Taka 1.58 crore and the construction cost of the academic
building of Rajshahi Loknath High School has been estimated at Taka 2.08
crore.
