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10,000 distressed people get Eid gifts in Rajshahi


Published : 16 Apr 2023 10:08 PM

Around 10,000 poor, helpless, distressed and other less-incoming and rootless people get humanitarian aid to mark the forthcoming Eid-ul-Fitr in Charghat and Bagha Upazilas in the district.

Each of them was given a food package containing five kilograms of rice, three kilograms of potatoes, half kilogram each of lentil and sugar, one liter of edible oil and 200 grams of vermicelli and pow

der milk.

With the direction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the underprivileged people were given the food support with personal initiative of State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, MP, who distributed the food package at different areas of the two upazilas on Saturday.

He also distributed Eid-dresses, including sarees, lungi and Punjabis among the underprivileged people, on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, State Minister Shahriar Alam said they have been extending food assistance and cash support to the less-incoming and other disadvantaged people for the last couple of years.