All set to observe Begum Rokeya Day at Pairaband

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Staff Reporter, Rangpur :
The district administration has completed arrangements to observe Begum Rokeya Day-2019 with three-day programmes at her birthplace Pairaband village in Mithapukur upazila of the district from today.
Officials of Rangpur district administration today said the observance will begin with placing of wreaths by high officials at Begum Rokeya Smritistambha in Pairaband village at 9 am on that day.
The inaugural day’s programmes include milad mahfil, spontaneous blood donation, blood group tests, inauguration of three-day ‘Rokeya Fair’ followed by discussion on life and works of Begum Rokeya Shakhawat Hossain and cultural function. Member of the Parliament from Rangpur-5 (Mithapukur) constituency HN Ashiqur Rahman will attend the discussion as the chief guest while Deputy Commissioner and President of the Rokeya Day Observance Committee Md Asib Ahsan will preside over it.
Secretary to Bangla Academy Mohammad Anwar Hossain and Rangpur District Council Chairman Advocate Chhafia Khanom will be addressed the discussion as special guests where Fiction writer Anwara Syed Haque and Professor Mohammad Shah Alam will participate as discussants.
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