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5,000 cold victims get blankets in Gaibandha

January 02, 2018 00:00:00


GAIBANDHA, Jan 1 (BSS): A total of 5,000 cold affected people of four unions under Shaghata upazila in the district got blankets from the former president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in the last two days.

Mahmud Hasan Ripon, former president of the BCL, distributed the blankets to the victims of Kamalerpara, Holdia, Jumarbari and Shaghata unions of the upazila as part of his social corporate responsibility.

The beneficiaries of the unions expressed their gratefulness to former BCL leader for distributing blankets among them to help mitigate their sufferings caused by cold wave.

Awami League leaders in upazila and union levels, public representatives,and local elite and journalists of print and electronic media were present on the occasion.

Last year, Mahmud Hasan Ripon also distributed a huge quantity of blankets among the cold affected people of the unions of Shaghata and Fulchhari upazila in his personal initiative.


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