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Budget of fiscal 2011-2012

More allocating in education, health, social safety-net sectors underscored

Rangpur Correspondent
The State Minister for Mass Literacy and Primary Education Motahar Hossain underscored the need of allocation in the budget of the fiscal 2011-2012 for education, health and social safety-net sectors in Rangpur division in the context of climate change. He said cropping pattern in the division has been changed, all major rivers in the region have become swelled up with silt, water level is going down, cold wave and flash flood are common phenomenon caused by climate change in the region. Addressing in a seminar titled 'Special Allocation in the national budget for Rangpur division' organized yesterday (Saturday) jointly by RDRS Bangladesh and Communication Initiative for Resource Development (CIRD) at Begum Rokeya auditorium the state minister said the parliament members of Rangpur division raised the demand of special allocation in the parliament several times but to no effect. Among others, who spoke in the seminar include Farida Akter Hira MP,Sultana Rahman Bulbul MP, Anisul Islam Mondol MP, Zafar Iqbal SiddiqueMP, Tipu Munshi MP, Director (Resources and Enviornment) of RDRS Bangladesh Dr. Sayed Shamsuzzaman, RDRS Bangladesh Director (Programme and Coordination) Azizul Karim, president of Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mochhadeque Hossain Bablu, upazila parishad chairman of Rangpur sadar upazila Mosatafizar Rahman Mostafa and Rangpur press club secretary Wadud Ali. The speakers underscored the need of formation of a caucus with theparliament members of the north who can collectively raise the points in the national parliament to achieve them. Executive Director of RDRS Bangladesh Dr. Selima Rahman presided over the seminar while the chairman of Economics department of Begum Rokeya University Md. Morshad Hossain read out the keynote paper.