Prizes have been awarded to students who won various competitions held to mark ‘Nazrul Year’ in Kotalipara Upazila, Gopalganj. The Upazila administration organized the event on Thursday (October 8) afternoon at the ‘Lal Shapla’ (Red Water Lily) Hall Room of the Upazila Parishad complex. Presided over by Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Saif Ul Arefin, the event was attended by S.M. Jilani, Member of Parliament for the Gopalganj-3 constituency, as the chief guest. He handed over prizes to 47 students who excelled in various categories, including poetry recitation, *Hamd*, *Naat*, dance, and Nazrul Sangeet.
Also present at the event were Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr. Kumar Mridul Das; Upazila Engineer Shafiul Azam; Upazila Agriculture Officer Dolon Roy; Upazila Project Implementation Officer H.M. Ansar; Kotalipara Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md. Riad Mahmud; Upazila Youth Development Officer Md. Shahjahan Molla; Upazila Women Affairs Officer Srimoyee Bagchi; and Upazila Social Services Officer Sadhan Chandra Bol. Representatives from the Upazila BNP—including President S.M. Mohiuddin, General Secretary Abul Bashar Howlader, Vice-President Fayekuzzaman Sheikh, Municipal BNP President Haji Yusuf Ali Daria, and Organizing Secretary Soleman Sheikh—were also in attendance, alongside other Upazila administration officials and teachers from various schools.
Over a hundred students from primary and secondary schools, technical institutes, madrasas, and colleges in Kotalipara Upazila participated in the various competitions organized for ‘Nazrul Year,’ with 47 of them emerging as winners.