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Some unidentified miscreants vandalised the idol of Devi Sharaswati at Char Basudevpur under Chapainawabganj sadar upazila here in the early hours of today.

Experts at a training course have stressed for exploring brighter prospect of the expanding animal husbandry sector in char areas to enhance socioeconomic uplift of extremely poor people living there.

A daylong community fair was organised to create social awareness for development and entertain the socially backward people living in remote char areas on the Teesta riverbed under Gangachara upazila here on Tuesday.

The Saraswati Puja was celebrated here with pomp and gaiety and due religious fervor on Tuesday.

1,000 more distressed people in Char Alatali and Char Narayanpur Union Parishads under Sadar Upazila of Chapainawabgonj district received blankets Monday.

A newly constructed underground drain of the town and an under-construction irrigation canal formally inaugurated here on Sunday.

Speakers at a function here on Sunday stressed the need for disseminating knowledge on disaster management among the stakeholders and the vulnerable communities to save the lives and properties during the emergencies.

The Second phase of rural employment and road maintenance programme for destitute women in all the six upazilas of Narsindhi district is going on satisfactorily.

Satsanga Bangladesh distributed blankets among cold-hit distressed people here on Friday afternoon on the occasion of annual picnic launched by Purushottam Sree Sree Thakur Anukul Chandra.

World Vision Bangladesh (WVB) started distribution of education materials among 3,000 most vulnerable children of different villages under Mithapukur upazila here from Thursday afternoon.

A total of 9,11,403 babies aged between 9 months and 15 years will be administered Measles and Rubella (MR) vaccines in seven upazilas of the district from January 25 to February 13.

The Second phase of rural employment and road maintenance programme for destitute women in all the six upazilas of Narsindhi district is going on satisfactorily.

Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) and Footsteps distributed 2,000 quality blankets among 1000 cold-hit poor and distressed families of Rangpur city, Mithapukur and Kaunia upazilas under Rangpur district, Rajarhat upazila of Kurigram district and Hatibandha under Lalmonirhat district.

With the increasing cold wave in the district, Sadar upazila administration has intensified warm clothes distribution to the cold affected poor people of the upazila in the district last couples of days to mitigate their sufferings.

The 40 days employment generation programme of the government for destitute people in the six upazilas of the district is near completion.

There is now enough evidence to suggest that the US State Department cleared the arrest of Indian deputy consul in New York Devyani Khobragade on visa fraud charges when Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh was in Washington.

Leaders of Rangpur Chamber of Commerce of Industry (RCCI) and executives of private sector commercial banks have stressed for creating efficient entrepreneurs to flourish business for accelerating socioeconomic uplift.

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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.