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A three-day students training workshop for disaster management and fire fighting began at Fire Service and Civil Defense Station here yesterday.

Speakers at a discussion stressed the need for improving the pro-poor maternal and child healthcare services for substantial and sustainable reduction in maternal and infant mortality and morbidity.

The first phase of the special Employment Generation Project for the Poorest (EGPP) at Taka 3.79 crore began to benefit 4,749 beneficiaries including distressed women in Pirgachha upazila here from Saturday.

There should be adequate measures of creating awareness among public in general to face the existing challenges of Multi Drug Resistance (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) as its consequences are very dangerous, health and TB experts said.

Speakers at a post-rally discussion said due importance should be given to cooperatives movement for materialising the spirit of the War of Liberation besides ensuring social security.

Speakers at a function here on Thursday stressed the need for achieving 100 per cent sanitation coverage rate by 2015 to ensure a better and disease-free healthy society for all.

Laudable changes have taken place in eradicating social curses and superstitions through hectic GO-NGO efforts in the remote and hardly reachable char areas in the Brahmaputra basin in recent years.

Speakers at a conference said wide-ranging community participation is very important for making the community policing forum effective and meaningful for the sake of building crimes-free society.

The digitisation process that continues as a part of implementation of the ‘Charter of Changes: Vision 2021’, has already become successful in turning Bangladesh into a middle income nation very soon.

The Imams could play the most vital role in preventing militancy, extremism and terrorism through preaching the real sprit of Islam, speakers at a daylong divisional conference said in Rangpur on Sunday.

Discussants at a tri-monthly meeting of the social change makers here on Wednesday afternoon stressed for launching social movement with a changed mindset for preventing domestic violence against women.

Shibalaya upazila administration and Brac jointly arranged a colourful rally and discussion meeting to mark the National Sanitation Month October on October 23.

The Imams could play the most vital role in preventing militancy,extremism and terrorism through preaching the real sprit of Islam, speakers at a daylong divisional conference said in Rangpur on Sunday.

RANGPUR, Oct 14, 2013 (BSS) – Leaders of Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) have expressed satisfaction over Peaceful celebration of the Durga Puja amid huge enthusiasm, festivity and due religious fervour in the city.

The Hindu community people began celebrations of their greatest religious festivity of Durga Puja with due religious fervour and enthusiasm through ‘Bodhan’ in all eight districts under Rangpur division since Thursday.

The five-day celebration of Durga Puja, the greatest religious festival of the Hindu community, begins from tomorrow with due religious fervor and solemnity everywhere in Rangpur division.

All preparations are going to be completed to celebrate the Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, in the district.

Continuous media reporting could create strong public opinion for enforcing the amended Tobacco Control Act (TCA) to free the public places from smoking and use of other tobacco products, speakers said yesterday.

Preparations for holding Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, are progressing fast throughout the district as the commencement of the annual event draws nearer.

Annual Air to Ground Inter Squadron Firing Competition of Bangladesh Air Force concluded here Thursday.

The Lions Club of Rangpur (LCR) District-351A2 with the assistances of the Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB) organised a camp for free blood donation, bloods group and diabetic tests here on Thursday.

Preparations for Durga Puja continue in full swing in the city and nine upazilas of the district where all-time record number idols of Goddess Durga are being erected this year, officials and leaders of the Puja Udjapan Parishad said.

The Lions Club of Rangpur (LCR) District 351A2 conducted free circumcision for 30 poor and distressed minor boys at a camp arranged at Rangpur Lions School and College ground in the city on Wednesday.

A great of enthusiasm is now being noticed among members of the Hindu community at differentplaces in eight upazilas of the district in connection with the five-day Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindus, which begins on October…