Rushnara Ali visits remote <i>haor</i>

Rushanara Ali, the first British parliament member of Bangladesh origin, visits remote haor (immense marshy land) areas in Itna upazila of Kishoreganj district yesterday to see European Union assisted programmes aimed at poverty alleviation of ultra-poor people. She appreciated the haor people's self-employment activities like vegetable gardening and poultry farming as well as embankment protection through local initiative.Photo: STAR