Betar Officers Welfare Assoc
Salahuddin Ahmed, the Deputy Director General (Programme) of Bangladesh Betar and ASM Zahid, a Director (News) of the same organisation have been elected President and General Secretary respectively of BCS Information (General) Betar Officers Welfare Association. Salahuddin, an officer of the 9th BCS batch and Zahid, an officer of the 13th BCS batch were elected in the 5th executive committee election of the association held at Jatiya Betar Bhaban in the city’s Agargaon on the ninth instant. A 21-member executive committee of the association was formed in the election.
Centre for Rehabilitation of Paralyzed
A dialogue titled ‘Accident and Disability caused by Spinal Cord Injury and its Prevention” organised by Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP), Rajshahi divisional branch was held at its branch conference hall in the city. Speakers in the programme held recently stressed the need for taking adequate measures and providing community support to rehabilitate the people with spinal cord injury. Rights,Rehabilitation, Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities (RRED) Project supported the programme. During her concept paper presentation, Nushrat Jahan, Project Coordinator of RRED, said the project intends to do welfare of the disabled persons caused by spinal cord injuries. Commissioner of Rajshahi division Nur-Ur-Rahman and Deputy Commissioner Helal Mahmud Sharif addressed the function as chief and special guests respectively. Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Physical Medicine at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital Dr Sujan Al Hassan and Deputy Director of Department of Social Services Rashedul Kabir also spoke on the occasion. Nur-Ur-Rahman said the community people should take up the responsibility of creating a congenial environment for disable people in the society. Soma Begum, Centre-in-Charge of the organisation presided over the event.
