Free farm inputs have been handed out to 3,000 marginal farmers at separate venues in Gabtali and Shibganj upazilas of Bogura.
On Sunday (18 October), 1,000 marginal farmers at Gabtali upazila headquarters received free farm inputs funded by NCC Bank PLC with the help of Padmapara ZForce.
The chief guest was Md Helaluzzaman Talukder Lalu, a member of the BNP chairman’s advisory council, senior vice-president of the central Krishak Dal and a former MP.
The same afternoon another 1,000 marginal farmers received free inputs at the Bagbari Shaheed Zia Degree College ground, and 1,000 more at Mohasthan in Shibganj.
The distribution at the ground of Padmapara Hafizia Madrasa and Technical Orphanage in Gabtali was chaired by NCC Bank PLC managing director M Shamsul Arefin. Speakers as guests of honour included NCC Bank PLC chairman Nurun Newaz Salim; Dr Md Abdul Majid Pramanik, director general of the Rural Development Academy, Bogura; Khairul Alam Chaklader, chairman of the bank’s executive committee and vice-chairman of its board of directors; and Abdus Salam, vice-chairman of the board.
Special guests who spoke included Aminul Islam, principal scientific officer at the regional laboratory of the Soil Resource Development Institute in Bogura; Mehedi Hasan Pathan, secretary-general of the Bangladesh Crop Protection Association; former Gabtali municipality mayor Saiful Islam; municipal BNP general secretary Abdur Rahim Pintu; upazila agriculture officer Mahidul Islam; farmer Anisa Begum; and Ashraful Huda Trophy, among other leaders.
In all, 3,000 marginal farmers received free farm inputs and cash at the events. Each was given about 46.5 kg of fertiliser, a packet of vegetable seed, a T-shirt and cash.
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