Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Mayor Freedom Fighter Md. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury has said that participation in cultural activities along with academic studies plays an important role in developing talent and making worthy citizens.
Addressing the chief guest at a prize distribution ceremony of the annual sports and cultural competition held on the premises of Bakolia High School on Saturday, the Mayor said that culture and sports practices lead to the intellectual development of people. Students should not only study, they should become competent people. Culture is needed for this. Because, cultural practice forms a better mind, develops an ideal person.
We hope that the ongoing development in Bangladesh will be accelerated under the leadership of cultured people. Bangabandhu's dream of hunger-free and poverty-free Bangladesh will be fulfilled by the hands of students, the mayor added. Noman Al Mahmud, Member of Parliament of Chattogram-8 Constituency called upon the students to cherish the spirit of the liberation war and said that against militancy, fundamentalism and communal thinking, the students should lead the endless struggle of building the country in the spirit of the liberation war. Today's students will lead in many ways in the future, so students need to be developed in an age-appropriate way.
On the occasion, the Mayor distributed prizes to the winners of the annual sports and cultural competitions.
The ceremony was chaired by Anwar Hossain Babul, president of the school's managing committee and ward Awami League president Shamsul Alam, councillor Lion M Ashraful Alam, school principal Zaker Hossain, police station secondary education officer Jayanta Barai, Kofil Uddin, Humayun Kabir, Golam Forkan, Md Hossain, Md Alamgir, Dr. Salim, Abedur Rahman Kochi, school management leaders and teachers-students were present.