Bangladesh-born British MP visits Sharankhola
Visiting Bangladesh-born British MP Baroness Pola Manzila Uddin yesterday visited two Sidr-hit villages in Sharankhola upazila.
Pola, the first Bangladeshi in the House of Lords, during her visit in Bagi and Tapalbari villages, assured the Sidr-affected people of all-out cooperation from her government.
Later, she inaugurated a programme, organised by local NGO Rupantar for distributing sanitary materials among 6,000 Sidr-affected families at Tapalbari village.
Pola, who arrived Bangladesh on Saturday, is scheduled to meet Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed and Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury on Monday.
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