Government officials at a post-rally discussion have stressed on turning youths into skilled workforce through providing technology-based modern education and training to accelerate national development.
They said this at a discussion, jointly organised by Rangpur district administration and Department of Youth Development (DYD) in observance of the National Youth
Day-2019 in Rangpur city, reports BSS.
The organisers brought out a rally which paraded different city streets and arranged the discussion at Town Hall auditorium followed by distribution of certificates and easy-term loans among trained male and female youths marking the day.
Divisional Commissioner KM Tariqul Islam led the rally and addressed the discussion as the chief guest with Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md Asib Ahsan in the chair.
Rangpur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Abdul Alim Mahmud, Deputy Director of DYD Dilgir Alam and President of Rangpur city Awami League Shafiur Rahman Shafi were present as special guests.
DC Asib Ahsan said youths are contributing their maximum for building of a hunger-free developed 'Sonar Bangla' as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
He laid emphasis on turning all male and female youths into skilled workforce through providing necessary training and education for enhancing their knowledge and expertise, innovation and self-confidence to speed up
productivity for national uplift.
Divisional Commissioner Tariqul Islam lauded achievements of youths in the nation-building activities and remembered their glorious contribution to the historic
language movement, mass upsurge in 1969 and the War of Liberation to achieve the hard-earned national independence.
He urged all youths for availing the facilities being provided by the government to become self-reliant and contribute to build a middle-income nation by 2021 and developed Bangladesh by 2041 as envisioned by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Later, he distributed certificates and cheques for loans among the trained youths on various technical and vocational trades.
