City Desk
Bangladesh Swadhinata Parishad
A discussion on ‘Role of Political Parties in Curbing Extremism’ organised by Bangladesh Swadhinata Parishad was held at the Jatiya Press Club in the city on Monday. Awami League Publicity and Publications Affairs Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud was present as the chief guest. While speaking Hasan said BNP-led 20-party alliance has been inciting terrorism and militancy in the country to turn Bangladesh into a failed state.
“BNP not only incites militancy but also its leaders and workers are involved in forgeries,” he added. Describing terrorism as a global menace, Dr Hasan said the USA, the UK, France, Belgium and different other countries have already witnessed terror attacks. “Bangladesh is not free from the menace. But no other country could curb militancy as quickly as Bangladesh,” he said. The function was addressed, among others, by former State Minister for Home Shamsul Haque Tuku, Sramik League President Shukkur Mahmud, Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendro artiste Manoranjan Ghoshal and Awami League leader Advocate Balaram Poddar. Adviser of the parishad Hasibur Rahman Manik presided over the event.
Civil Society Coordination Committee
Members of the Civil Society Coordination Committee (CSCC) at a meeting highly lauded smooth implementation of different development activities in Rangpur. The meeting was arranged recently with the assistance of the City Governance Project of Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED) for smoothly running development activities of the city corporation. Members of the CSCC, councilors from all 33 general wards and nine reserved wards, officials of RpCC, representatives from the civil society and professional groups attended the event. Chief Executive Officer of RpCC Akhter Hossain Azad delivered welcome speech narrating the goals and objectives of the meeting and role of the civil society members in ensuring smooth implementation of development works in the city.
