Cumilla would be declared a division soon, said local government and youth and sports adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan on Saturday.
鈥楥umilla demands division due to geographical considerations. So, it will be declared a division soon,鈥� he said.
The adviser made the comments during a public reception programme in Muradnagar, his birthplace in the district.
He emphasised that although the country had gained independence, every citizen had to contribute from their own position to make the country beautiful.
The adviser was given a public reception in Muradnagar of Cumilla, hosted by the local residents at the Muradnagar DR government high school ground.
The meeting, chaired by Nasher Alam, was attended by the adviser鈥檚 father Billal Hossain Master, Muradnagar upazila Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Kazi Junnun Bashari, leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami, Hefazat-e-Islam, and family members of those martyred and injured in the July Revolution.
Earlier, the adviser held discussions with government officials at the Kabi Nazrul auditorium of the upazila.
