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WORKSHOP-VILLAGE-COURT
Journos urged to help create awareness about village courts
KHULNA, May 31, 2018 (BSS) – Speakers at a programme here today said
journalists could play significant role in creating awareness among people
about village courts to settle dispute at nominal cost and short duration.
They made the comments while addressing a workshop styled ‘Role of Mass
Media to Enhance Public Awareness about Village Court’ at the conference room
of Khulna Circuit House in the city.
District administration and department of local government arranged the
workshop under Activating Village Courts in Bangladesh (AVCB) Phase ll
project funded by European Union, UNDP and Government of Bangladesh.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Amin-ul-Ahsan addressed the event as the chief
guest while Deputy Director of Local Government Section of DC office Ishrat
Jahan presided over the meeting.
Director of Local Government Section of DC Office Hossain Ali Khondokar,
President of Khulna Press Club Faruk Ahmed, Senior Assistant Police Super KNM
Wasim Firoz, addressed as special guest while District Facilitator (DF)
Mamunur Rashid Khan delivered the welcome speech.
DC Amin-ul-Ahsan, in his speech, sought whole-hearted cooperation from all
the journalists and urged them to publish positive and success stories about
the project at their respective media to make the project and its overall
activities more popular to the people in the days ahead.
Earlier, communications and outreach specialist of AVCB Phase ll Project
Arpona Ghosh screened a power point presentation on the theme.
During the presentation, she said the project is being implemented at 41
unions of six upazilas here by Local Government Division under the Ministry
of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives.
She also requested the journalists to create much awareness among the
people about the village courts are being functioned at the union parishad
complexes and its services.
During the open discussion session, a number of journalists including S M
Zahid Hossain, Mokbul Hossain Mintu, Rakib Uddin Pannu, Mallick Sudhangsu and
Subir Kumar Roy, presented their suggestions and recommendations to attain
the goals of the project.
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