Prime Minister Tarique Rahman drove his own vehicle from the Secretariat to the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in Dhaka’s Agargaon on Wednesday evening to attend a programme organised by the Bangladesh Administrative Service Association.

His wife, Dr Zubaida Rahman, accompanied him.

The prime minister left the Secretariat around 7:30pm, according to officials from the press wing.

Members of the press wing confirmed that the PM personally drove the car and was received by organisers upon arrival at the venue.

A video of the prime minister driving went viral on social media. In the footage, he was seen behind the wheel as he departed the Secretariat for the programme.