A seminar on avian influenza organized by Voice of America (VOA) was held at BARI
auditorium in Gazipur on Saturday.
Advocate AKM Mozammel Hoque MP was the chief guest at the seminar. Among
others, president of Bangladesh Poultry Industries Association (BPIA) Abu
Siddique, secretary general Dr MN Khan, Professor of Maryland University in USA
Mohiuddin Haider Chowdhury, Chief of Bangla Service of VOA Iqbal Bahar
Chowdhury, livestock officer Dr. Shamsur Rahman, VOA development officer
Brian Armsted and BPIA leader Moshiur Rahman spoke on the
occasion.
The chief guest, in his address, underscored the need for creating
mass awareness among the people specially those who works in poultry farms and
people related to marketing of poultry birds about the danger and take
necessary measures to check spread the
disease.
Later, a drama on Bird Flu" was staged in which the local artists
participated.
Zahurul Alam has the details.
