Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has begun attending office at the Secretariat in line with the Ramadan schedule, arriving shortly after 9am on Sunday.

His Additional Press Secretary, Atiqur Rahman Ruman, said the prime minister reached the Secretariat at 9:05am after leaving his residence in Gulshan.

"Many were surprised to see the prime minister at the office so early," Ruman said.

He added that a journalist had posted on Facebook around 9:20am that he was waiting to photograph the prime minister's arrival, unaware that Tarique had already entered the Secretariat 15 minutes earlier.

According to the press secretary, the premier checked which ministers, state ministers and advisors were present after arriving and issue...