Bangladeshi-born British MP Baroness Manzila Uddin visits Sidr-hit Shoronkhola
Monday, 11 February 2008
BAGERHAT, Feb 10 (UNB): The visiting Bangladeshi-born British MP, Baroness Pola Manzila Uddin, Sunday visited two Sidr-hit villages in Sharankhola Upazila.
While visiting Bagi and Tapalbari villages, Pola, the first Bangladeshi in the House of Lords, talked to the affected people and showed her sympathy to them. She also assured them of all-out cooperation from her government.
Later, she inaugurated a programme, organised by local NGO Rupantar for distributing sanitary materials among 6,000 Sidr-affected families at Tapalbari village.
Pola, who arrived Bangladesh Saturday, is scheduled to meet Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed and Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury.
While visiting Bagi and Tapalbari villages, Pola, the first Bangladeshi in the House of Lords, talked to the affected people and showed her sympathy to them. She also assured them of all-out cooperation from her government.
Later, she inaugurated a programme, organised by local NGO Rupantar for distributing sanitary materials among 6,000 Sidr-affected families at Tapalbari village.
Pola, who arrived Bangladesh Saturday, is scheduled to meet Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed and Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury.