President M Abdul Hamid witnessed the progress of the construction work of ‘Mithamain Cantonment'.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to inaugurate the cantonment on February 28.

"The prime minister will open the newly constructed ‘Mithamain Cantonment' very near to the ancestral residence of President Abdul Hamid in Mithamain of Kishoreganj on February 28," said a Bangabhaban spokesman on Friday.

Earlier, on his arrival in the cantonment area under Mithamain upazila, Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of the Armed Forces Division Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman welcomed the President.