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BSS, Rajshahi

All preparations are now complete to stage the regional dialogues in a befitting manner in the city and at Shahjadpur in Sirajganj today.

The first round of the dialogue will be held in Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj district at 9.15 am while the second will take place at the Dr Kaisar Rahman Chowdhury auditorium of Rajshahi Medical College here at 2.15 p.m.

Chief Adviser Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed is expected to attend the sessions as the chief guest, officials told BSS yesterday.

Adviser for Education and Commerce Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, Adviser for Communications, Housing and Public Works Major General (retd) Ghulam Quader, Adviser for Law and Religious Affairs AF Hassan Ariff and Adviser for LGRD and Cooperatives Mohammad Anwarul Iqbal are scheduled to participate in the dialogues.

"All necessary arrangements were completed to hold the dialogue sessions in a befitting manner," Divisional Commissioner Hafizur Rahman Bhuiyan told BSS.

Such a parley is taking place here as part of the series of ongoing national dialogues aiming at incorporating the views of local stakeholders in the process of holding a credible election as per the roadmap.

Various issues, which will come for discussion in the dialogue, include matters related to public life, election of local government bodies in a congenial atmosphere, sound political environment, political stability in the post-election period and ensuring qualitative changes in the political pattern.

Around 1,000 select personalities representing different professional and social groups from 14 districts under the division have been invited to join the dialogue, the divisional commissioner said.

Besides, he said, 450-500 grassroots level leaders of different upazilas of Sirajganj and Pabna districts were invited to attend the first session to be held at the Rabindra Kacharibari auditorium in Shahjadpur.

According to reports reaching here, the government's positive attitude toward holding such a high profile meeting at the peoples' doorstep in presence of the Chief Adviser and the advisers as part of a decision making process has already created much enthusiasm among all in the northern city.