Speaker visits Pirganj tomorrow

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RANGPUR, Feb 25, 2020 (BSS) – Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr. Shirin Sharmin
Chaudhury is expected to arrive in her constituency Rangpur-6 (Pirganj) on a
two-day visit tomorrow (Wednesday).

Local leaders of Awami League (AL) and official sources said the Speaker
will arrive at Pirganj Dak-Bungalow at noon by road from Saidpur Airport
after arrival there from the capital city by air in the morning.

Dr. Shirin will take part in a number of programs on Wednesday and
Thursday before leaving Pirganj for Dhaka by air from Saidpur Airport on
Thursday afternoon.

On Wednesday, the Speaker will lead a children rally and attend the
inaugural function of a two-day Children Fair-2020 at Pirganj upazila
parishad auditorium at 2:30 pm as the chief guest.

The District Information Office will organise the rally and fair under
the fifth-phase of the Mass Communication Programme for Development of
Children and Women Project of the Ministry of Information.

Besides, Dr. Shirin will inaugurate construction works of the new
academic buildings of 28 government primary schools across Pirganj upazila by
unveiling plaques of the foundations stones at the same venue.

On Thursday, The Speaker will finalize the list of working women of
Pirganj upazila for the Rural Employment and Road Maintenance Programme of
Local Government and Engineering Department at a function at Pirganj upazila
parishad auditorium.

Besides, Dr. Shirin will distribute wheel chairs among physically
challenged people, cheques for loans among the beneficiary families of the
ethnic minority communities and unemployed male and female youths at the same
venue as the chief guest.

Later, the Speaker will exchange views with common people, local leaders
and workers of AL and its associate bodies there before leaving Pirganj.

Talking to BSS, General Secretary of Pirganj upazila AL and Pirganj
municipal mayor Abu Saleh Md. Tazimul Islam Shamim said all preparations have
been completed to make the Speaker’s Pirganj visit a success.