In all, 560 mosques will be built throughout the country under the $1 billion construction program.
“This is the largest mosque project for any government in the world where a large number of mosques are being constructed at a time,” Shafiqur Rahman Talukder, deputy project director of the Model Mosque Project (MMP) told Arab News.
“The project was initiated to mark the birth centenary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, coinciding with 50 years of independence. A total of 560 model mosques will be built under this initiative across the country,” he said.
Rahman spearheaded a freedom struggle in former East Pakistan until the formation of Bangladesh in 1971.