GAIBANDHA, JAN 02, 2020 (BSS) – National Social Services Day-2019 was celebrated in the district as elsewhere in the country today with a call to provide state services to the door steps of the underprivileged people of the society.
This year’s theme of the day was “Sonar Banglaay Mujib Barshe, Samaj
Kalyan Egie Chale”.
Marking the day, district administration and district social service
office jointly chalked out elaborate programmes.
In the morning, a colorful rally led by deputy director of local
government section of deputy commissioner (DC) office Rokhsana Begum was
brought out from Independence Square that ended in front of Zila Shilpakala
Academy (ZSA) after parading the main roads of the town.
Later, a discussion was also held at the auditorium of ZSA with deputy
director of Department of Social Services Emdadul Haque Pramanik in the
chair.
DD Rokhsana Begum addressed the meeting as the chief guest on behalf of
DC Abdul Matin.
The function was also addressed, among others, assistant commissioner
Nusrat Jahan, medical officer of civil surgeon office Dr. Al Mahmudul Mimo,
assistant director of the department Kamrul Hasan Sarker, town social
services officer Mizanur Rahman Mollick, Sadar upazila social services
officer Nasir Uddin, office secretary of district Awami League AKM Saiful
Alam Saka, and coordinator of SKS Foundation Ashraful Alam.
Chief guest DD Rokhsana Begum in her speeches urged the officials and
the employees of the DSS to be more serious and punctual in discharging their
duties and reaching their departmental services to selected people easily
without any disturbance.
Later, a cultural function was also held at ZSA where the local artistes
rendered songs and performed dance to entertain the people marking the day.
A large number of people, including district and upazila level
officials, NGO activists, social workers and journalists, took part in the
programmes.