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UNB, Comilla

A five-day attachment programme on rural development and poverty reduction ended at Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) here on Thursday. Some 100 participants of 41st Foundation Training Course of Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC), Dhaka from different cadres of BCS took part in the programme. The prime objective of the course was to orient the participants with the concepts of rural development and poverty reduction efforts in Bangladesh. The participants also analysed the socio-economic condition of the rural people through field survey. MDS, BPATC Syed Mahbudur Rahman attended the programme as chief guest while Director (Admin) of BARD Alauddin Ahmed presided over the closing session and distributed certificates among the participants. Among others, Director (Training) M Mir Kashem and Director (Rural Education) Dr Kamrul Ahsan also spoke on the occasion, said a press release.