City Desk
Rotary Club of International
A seminar organised on the occasion of World Polio Day by Rotary Club of International was held at Chittagong Club Auditorium in the city on Sunday. On the occasion a cycle and motor car rallies with colourful banners and festoons was brought out in the city from MA Aziz Stadium Gymnasium premises. International Rotary Club-3282 and 3281 organized the function to create awareness among the people against polio. The seminar was addressed, among others, by Rtn PDG’s Abdul Ahad, Aminuzzaman Bhuiyan, Convenor of Conference Committee Rtn Zinnah Chowdhury, Rtn’s Nasirul Haque, Mohammad Shahjahan, Reza Karim and Prof Dr Bikiron Prasad Barua.
BD Resource Centre for
Indigenous Knowledge
City Desk
A discussion organised by Bangladesh Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (BARCIK), a rights-based development organisation was held at the Public Library premises in Rajshahi in observance of the World Food Day-2016. In the programme the speakers said that the legitimate rights of the farmers and others concerned should be protected rightly for the sake of encouraging them towards boosting agricultural productions to meet up its gradually demands. They referred to their enormous contribution to the country’s agricultural development, the speakers unanimously said the farmers deserve the rights of getting all requisite privileges. There is no alternative to protect their interests as a whole. Lauding their contribution to the farm production the speakers urged the attending farmers to avail the incentives and other opportunities being provided by the government. They mentioned that the diversities are gradually declining now due to various natural and manmade catastrophes posing a serious threat to the farmers’ community. So, there should be a campaign and state level interventions.
The function was addressed, among others by Additional Commissioner of Rajshahi division Sultan Abdul Hamid, farmers’ organiser and valiant freedom fighter Shamsuddin Mondal, Farmers Rahima Khatun and Barind Regional Coordinator of BARCIK Shahidul Islam. More than 300 farmers from various areas in vast Barind tract attended the event on the occasion.
