Sammilito Nagorik Samaj organised a rally on Mahmudabad High School premises in Narsingdi yesterday demanding declaration of greater Raipura as district.
Radhanagar Union Parishad Chairman Abu Sadek presided over the rally.
Raipura Upazila Chairman Advocate Yunus Ali Bhuiyan, Vice Chairman Mizanur Rahman, Musapur UP Chairman Mostafa Kamal, Advocate NM Ruhul Amin and Awami League leader Abdus Sattar, among others, spoke at the rally.
They demanded the government to announce Greater Raipura as a district.
Later, a procession was brought out and a sit-in programme on Dhaka-Sylhet highway was held for an hour from 5:00pm stopping traffic movement on the road.