Bangladesh Chhatra Juba Oikya Parishad
A rally organised by Bangladesh Chhatra Juba Oikya Parishad was held in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the city’s Topkhana Road on Friday. In the programme the leaders of the parishad demanded immediate release of Shiyamal Kanti Vakta, Headmaster of Pyar Sattar Latif High School in Narayanganj. They also demanded withdrawal of false cases filed against Vakta. The rally was addressed, among others, by General Secretary of the parishad Ramen Mondal, General Secretary of Mahanagar Chhatra Juba Oikya Parishad Kishore Kumar Basu Roy Chowdhury Pintu, Amitab Basak Bappi, Krishna Sur and Rana Ghosh. President of Bangladesh Chhatra Juba Oikya Parishad Nirmal Kumar Chaterjee presided over the function.
World Vision Bangladesh
A roundtable on ‘Child Marriage’ organised jointly by World Vision Bangladesh and Ladies Organisation for Social Welfare (LOFS) was held on the 26th instant at a restaurant in Rajshahi. In the programme the speakers called upon all to build social awareness among people for establishing a child marriage-free society. Combined efforts of all including government and non-government organisations are very important to reach the goal. The government or any other single organisation can’t do this alone, they added. They said child marriage couldn’t be prevented without boosting mass-awareness. Eradicating child marriage and violence against women is imperative for a glorious Bangladesh. They said that equal rights to education, training, science and technology is a precondition for women empowerment. Overall national development could not be possible until the girl children are educated and their fundamental rights ensured.
