A total of 300 blankets from the Prime Minister's Relief and Welfare Fund were distributed among the cold-affected poor and helpless people living in the Radhaganj union under Kotalipara upazila of the district on Saturday.
Former Secretary, Md Shahid Ullah Khandakar handed over the blankets as the chief guest at a function organised by Radhaganj union parishad on its premises Saturday morning along with Bhim Chandra Bagchi, Chairman of Radhaganj Union Parishad.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO), Ferdous Wahid, Radhaganj Union Awami League President, Sarbananda Baidya and Upazila Chhatra League General Secretary, Rafiqul Islam, among others, spoke at the function.
Shahid Ullah Khandakar urged the privileged to stand by the cold-affected destitute to mitigate their sufferings.
