Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Alhaj Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu on Saturday asked the students for glorifying the nation with pride and dignity through achieving success in sports.
He called upon the students for regular practice of sports and exercise also to become physically stronger and mentally sound side by side conducting studies and other extra curricular activities to flourish their talents, potentials and abilities.
Jhantu was addressing the prize giving ceremony of the annual sports competitions-2014 of Babu Khan High School in the city as the chief guest with President of the school governing committee Abduallahel Kafi in the chair.
RCC Councilors Shahjalal Karim Bakul and Jafrin Islam Ripa, founding member of the school Alhaj Emdadul Haque, its Headmaster Mohammad Mosleh Haque and President of District Crockery Traders Association Ali Hossain Mollah addressed as special guests.
Earlier, former Vice-president of Rangpur Carmichael College Students’ Union Alauddin Miah formally inaugurated the sports competitions as the chief guest in the morning and delivered welcome speech in the prize distributing ceremony.
The teachers and students of the institution, guardians, public representatives, civil society members, youngsters, socio- cultural and sports personalities, professionals and local elite enjoyed the sports competitions followed by a cultural function.
Later, the chief guest distributed prizes among winners of different sports events after the discussion meeting in the concluding ceremony,
