Pot breaking contest for farmers held in Bogura

As part of its Eid celebrations with marginalised people, Bashundhara Shuvosangho organised a pot breaking competition for farmers at a rural area in Bogura on Tuesday afternoon.

The contest and prize giving ceremony were held at Damdama village, Santahar union, Adamdighi upazila in the district.

The top three contestants received soybean oil, and flour produced by Bashundhara Group. The village’s retired railways officer Alhajj Golam Kibria, former Santahar union parishad member Maruf-ul-Hasan Khan Shiplu, and Santahar municipality Press Club President Zillur Rahman handed over the prizes. Also present were social activists Sakhawat Hossain Khokon, Amjad Hossain Mallick and Toazzem.

An elderly farmer named Bhutta said nobody organises sports events for marginalised people like farmers. “I feel very much elated having played at such an old age. All the credit goes to the Bashundhara Shuvosangho for organising such a unique event,” he said.

Tarikul Islam Zentu, adviser at Shuvosangho’s Adamdighi upazila unit and Kaler Kantho’s local correspondent, said nobody thinks about entertaining the farmer community. To fill this gap, Shuvosangho organised the pot breaking contest, he added.