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BSS, Sapahar

Speakers at a workshop have said that concerted efforts of all stakeholders including the Imams could play an important role in upgrading the living standard of the ultra-poor through alleviating their abject poverty.

They said this at a day-long workshop organised by the Advocacy and Human Rights Unit of BRAC on 'Role of Imams in Poverty Alleviation' at Sadar Union Parishad hall room in Sapahar upazila of Naogaon district on Wednesday.

Sapahar office of BRAC sponsored the workshop with a view to involving the Imams in poverty alleviation activities to upgrading life-standard of the poor in the area through creating mass public awareness and mobilising the locally available resources.

Presided over by religious teacher of Tilna High School Moulana Abdus Salam, Sapahar UP chairman Shamsul Alam Shah Chowdhury attended the workshop as the chief guest while senior BRAC official Suresh Ghosh and President of Sapahar Press club Toslim Uddin were present as the special guests.

Imams of different mosques from allover the area, professionals and public representatives took part in the meeting that was also attended by local elite, journalists and civil society members.