Bangladesh Railway Minister Mujibul Haque, 67, has married 29-year-old Honufa Akhter Rikta in the country’s Comilla District.
The wedding took place in the district’s Meerkhola Vilage, reports the Prothom Olo daily.
According to the daily, Haque signed the Kabin Nama (marriage document) at around 3 pm on Friday after paying Taka 5,00,001 as denmohor.
The wedding was attended by over 700 people from the minister’s side.
Apart from four reception gates, most of the intersections on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway were decorated to greet the bridegroom minister.
Haque had to pay Taka 1,00,001 to his sisters-in-law for passing the gates to enter the bridal venue.
–ANI