World Population Day observed

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Sylhet Correspondent :
Speakers at a post-rally discussion said here on Saturday the collective effort has become an urgent need to make all the fertile families planned for the sake of happy and prosperous Bangladesh.
They viewed that there is no way, but to create public awareness about aspects of planned family and that is very important for freeing the nation from the curse of poverty and hunger besides attaining economic emancipation.
Divisional and district offices of the Department of Family Planning organized the discussion in the conference hall of Family Welfare Visitors Training Institute (FWVTI) in observance of the World Population Day-2015.
Commissioner of Sylhet division Jamaluddin Ahmed and Deputy Commissioner Joynal Abedin addressed the meeting as the chief and special guests respectively with divisional Deputy director of the Department of Family Planning Dr. Lutfun nahar jesmin in the chair.
In his welcome speech,The speakers said the national development activities are being hampered due to the population burden and stressed the need for giving highest priority to the family planning activities.
They laid emphasis on bringing all the fertile couples under the campaign programme through reaching the family planning message to them especially those who live in remotest and underprivileged areas.
Highlighting the necessity of expediting the village-level family planning activities, the speakers underlined the need for giving top priority to motivating the fertile couples so that they could control their unwanted pregnancy through using contraceptives.
Gouripur(Mymensingh) Correspondent adds: World Population day-2015 was observed in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh district in a befitting manner To observe the day Department of Family Planning organised a large colorful rally in the town. The rally led by Freedom Fighter Dr. Capt. Alhajj Mujibur Rahman Fakir (Retd.) MP, Former State Minister for Health & Family Welfare was brought out from Gouripur Upazila Office premises and terminated at the same place after parading the main roads of the town. Later a discussion meeting was held at at Zora Amtala Chottar of Upazila Parishad with Dr Md. Habibur Rahman Fakir,UH & FPO in the chair . Freedom Fighter Dr. Capt. Alhajj Mujibur Rahman Fakir (Retd.) MP, Former State Minister for Health & Family Welfare addressed the occasion as chief guest while UNO Dur-e-Shahwaz was present as a special guest.
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