World Population Day celebrated in Kaliganj

The World Population Day was celebrated in Gazipur's Kaliganj upazila on Tuesday morning with the theme of “Unleashing the power of gender equality: Uplifting the voices of women and girls to unlock our world's infinite possibilities”.

The upazila family planning office organized a discussion on the upazila parishad premises in collaboration with the upazila administration on the occasion of the day.

Bangladesh Mohila Awami League President Meher Afroz Chumki was present as the chief guest at the programme with Kaliganj Upazila Parishad chairman Moazzem Hossain Palash in the chair.

Kaliganj UNO Azizur Rahman spoke as a special guest at the discussion where Kaliganj municipal mayor SM Rabin Hossain, upazila family planning officer Sanjida Ahmed, Awami League leader Sharif Hossain Khan Kanak and upazila parishad two vice chairmen were present, among others.

Earlier, a clourful procession was brought out which paraded the streets of the town.