Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) on Wednesday distributed Taka 12.50 lakh grant among the authorities of 159 Puja mandaps to assist the Sanaton community for celebrating their greatest religious festival of Durga Puja with gaiety and fanfare, reports BSS.
Panel Mayors of Rangpur Shamsul Haque and Mahmudur Rahman Titu handed over cheques for the grants among leaders of 159 Puja mandaps at a function held at the City Bhaban. The Puja mandaps were erected in all 33 wards of the city.
With Chief Executive Officer of RpCC Akhter Hossain Azad in the chair, its Secretary Rashedul Haque, City Councilors Sekendar Ali, Mahbubur Rahman Manju, Mir Mohammad Jamal Uddin, Nazrul Islam Dewani and Nurunnabi Fulu attended the event.
General Secretary of district unit of Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parisahd Dhiman Bhattacharya, President of its city unit Mukul Sarker, its General Secretary Dhanojeet Ghosh Taposh and other leaders of the Sanaton community, were present. The Sanaton community leaders thanked the RpCC authorities for the grants and said the prevailing communal harmony has brightened the image of Bangladesh at the global stage and none can destroy the century-old communal peace on this soil.
Dhiman Bhattacharya said the people of different faiths, castes, creeds and religions have been living together in the country peacefully for a long time.
Panel Mayor Mahmudur Rahman greeted the Sanaton community on Durga Puja. Panel Mayor Shamsul Haque said the Durga Puja festivity has further cemented peaceful communal coexistence and brotherhood among the people of all faiths living in Bangladesh.