Football match held in Ghoraghat to keep youths away from drugs

A football match was held in Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur on Friday to encourage young people to stay away from drugs.

The match was organised by the Ghoraghat upazila unit of Bashundhara Shuvosangho, featuring a senior team and a junior team of Ghoraghat Kings Football Academy.

The senior team won the match 2-1. Saiful Islam was named Man of the Match.

Sports organiser Hafizar Rahman attended the match as a guest. He said drug addiction was a social scourge and stressed the importance of sports in keeping young people away from drugs.

He called on young people to become more involved in sports and said more sporting events should be organised in Ghoraghat to build a drug-free society.

“I thank and commend Bashundhara Shuvosangho for organising this match,” he said.

Turag Khan, president of the Ghoraghat upazila unit of Bashundhara Shuvosangho, said young people must take the lead in building a drug-free society.

“They must first keep themselves away from drugs. Only then can we build a drug-free society,” he said.

He said Bashundhara Shuvosangho regularly carries out various social initiatives and that the organisation would continue to arrange such sporting events.