BSS: More than 300 poor and distressed cold stricken people were given blankets for lessening their sufferings caused by the present sweeping cold wave in the city. Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) donated and distributed the blankets at its school premises in Hetemkha area.
BDRCS City unit Vice-President Rejaul Karim, General Secretary Prof Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan and Executive Members Prof Nurul Hossain Chowdhury, Prof Farida Sultana, Prof Abdus Salam, Dr Masudul Haque and Advocate Jamshed Ali were present on the occasion.
Speakers said the BDRCS will extend more cooperation towards thedistressed and needy people in the days ahead.
They urged all other humanitarian and volunteer organisations including public and private sectors, banks and other financial establishments to stand beside the cold-hit people to lessen their sufferings during the cold weather.