Nilufa Yesmin, woman vice chairman of Shailkupa Uapzila Parishad in Jhenaidah, has taken the charge of acting upazila parishad chairman. The charge handing was held through a Doa Mahfil at the upazila parishad auditorium on November 22 (Sunday)
Nilufa Yesmin was elected as woman vice chairman of Shailkupa Uapzila Parishad bagging huge votes defeating her nearest candidate Afroza Nasrin Lipi in the past upazia parishad polls. Earlier, she was elected ward councilor of ward numbers 7, 8 and 9 in Shailkupa municipality.
The position of the chairman of Shailkupa Uapzila Parishad was vacant when chairman Shikder Mosharraf Hosain Sona died of cardiac arrest on November 4.
Nilufa Yesmin expressed her gratitude to the people of all walks of life in the upazila and desired their utmost cooperation so that she could discharge her duty with responsibility with confidence.