Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) AJM Nasir Uddin has said that Bangladesh has a glorious tradition of harmony with all religions irrespective of caste or creed. People of all communities will have to come forward to maintain this tradition of Bengali, he said.
The CCC Mayor said these while inaugurating the five-day Shardiya Durga Puja by Chittagong City Corporation Puja Udjapan Parishad in the port city on Friday.
He inaugurated the festival through burning of Mangalpardip at Jamal khan Kusum Kumari City Corporation Girls' High School premises in port the city.
Anindya Banerjee, Indian Assistant High Commissioner in Chattogram, attended the event as the chief guest. CCC panel Mayor Chowdhury Hasan Mahmood Hasani, ward councilor Monoyara Begum Moni, Chittagong Press Club general secretary Chowdhury Farid, General Secretary of Pooja Parishad Ratan Chowdhury and Suman Debnath were also present at the event with CCC Puja Udjapan Parishad leader Shaibal Das Sumon in the chair.
AJM Nasir Uddin said, “Shardiya Durga Puja is the biggest religious festival of Hindu community in Bengal. People of all communities of Bangladesh have been living with harmony and harmony for long. We have to continue this in future.”
He also said that the key to the traditional celebration of the traditional community is to not bow down to injustice and injustice in the communal consciousness.
Later, the mayor distributed clothes to 500 helpless people. He also unveiled the commemoration of 'Pranam', to honor Sharad honors, to assist the orphans, to provide financial grants and scholarships to the families of the fourth class employees of the city corporation.
The mayor announced the appointment of Assistant Teacher as per his qualification to wife of CCC Pooja Udjapan Parishad late general secretary Priyatosh Chakraborty.
Biplob Kumar Chowdhury, Vice-President of Puja Udjapan Parishad was present in the function.
