Chaugachha in Jashore marked the 55th National Cooperative Day with a rally, the raising of the national and cooperative flags, and a discussion meeting, under the theme “We will build the country through cooperatives, a Bangladesh for all”.
A colourful rally was brought out at 10am on Sunday (8 November). At 11am the national and cooperative flags were raised, and the discussion began with recitations from the Quran and the Gita.
Upazila Cooperative Officer Ohidur Rahman chaired the event, and Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) GAM Munib was the chief guest. Jahangir Hossain, president of Pragati Sarbik Gram Unnayan Cooperative Society, moderated.
Special guests included upazila Jamaat emir Maulana Golam Morshed, Youth Development Officer KM Ziaulla, Project Implementation Officer Shamsunnahar, Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary Kamal Ahmed, Ansar-VDP officer Israfil Hossain, and Jahurul Islam, president of the Swarupdah union BNP and of Dhunar Khal Cooperative Society.
Also present were municipal Jamaat secretary Dr Zillur Rahman, municipal Krishak Dal president Milon Hossain, former upazila BNP student affairs secretary Tuin Daktar, upazila cooperative office inspectors Shimul Hossain and Mostafizur Rahman, office assistant Khalidur Rahman, Chaugachha Sarbik Gram Unnayan Cooperative Society president Shyamal Dutta, Kharincha Fishermen’s Cooperative Society president Bharat Kumar Biswas and general secretary Uttam Haldar, Borgondopur Fishermen’s Cooperative Society president Abul Kashem, and leaders of other cooperative societies.
After the discussion, successful cooperative societies were honoured. Speakers discussed the importance of cooperatives, their role in developing the rural economy and the part cooperative members play in the country’s overall progress.
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