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Rangpur mayor pledges improved sanitation facilities
Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu said massive programmes are under implementation for improving public sanitation facilities in Rangpur city.
The City Mayor said this while inaugurating the construction work of a public toilet at Mahiganj Satmatha area in the city yesterday.
The function in this connection was presided over by city councilor Jahangir Alam Tota. The City Mayor said necessary infrastructures are being developed to ensure hygienic sanitation facilities for the people coming to the city and the pedestrians.
Annual endocrine confce held
The 21st Endocrine Conference was held in the capital recently to share knowledge among the countrys healthcare professionals, says a press release.
Diabetic Association of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Endocrine Society jointly has organised the conference.
Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare company, in the conference supported endocrine society to organise a number sessions on how to ensure better treatment for patients living with diabetes with original products.
A Rajan Kumar, managing director of Novo Nordisk, Dr Nazmul Kabir Qureshi, specialist on Medicine and Endocrinology, United Hospital, Professor Dr Liaquat Ali, vice-chancellor, Bangladesh University of Health Science, were present.
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