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School building inagurated

The new school building of Arunodoi Academy school, one of the pioneering educational institutions of Tangla was inagurated by Jagadish Sarkar EM BTC on Wednesday. The school which was established in 2006 had been successful in attaining cent percent marks in HSLC examinations. The inauguration programme was also attended by senior journalists Jayanta Kumar Das and Bhargab Kumar Das besides other.

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