LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today called upon the small ethnic groups to stay vocal always to realize their demands and rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He made the call at a distribution ceremony of allocation letters for houses, sewing machines, bicycles, and education stipends among members of small ethnic communities here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These were distributed made under \"Development Assistance for Special Areas (excluding Chittagong Hill Tracts)\" programme of the Prime Minister's Office for the fiscal year 2025-26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fakhrul, also BNP secretary general, said the BNP government is committed to ensuring rights of all the people irrespective of castes, creeds and ethnicities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also referred that the party has nominated Anna Minj, a woman leader from a small ethnic group and a distinguished daughter of Thakurgaon, as a Member of Parliament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
BNP has selected representatives from all marginalized communities, including Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, hill communities, and other disadvantaged groups, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He further said that special attention would be given so that no one could forcibly take away the land of indigenous people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said during the past 15-16 years of fascist misrule, all democratic institutions and infrastructure of the country had been destroyed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a result, the government of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has to start everything anew, he said adding that after overcoming the situation, BNP has taken several landmark initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He mentioned women's empowerment and poverty reduction through the Family Card programme, helping farmers become self-reliant through the Farmers' Card programme, and excavating dried-up rivers and canals to preserve water for agriculture during drought seasons as some of these initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila Administration organized the event at the Upazila Auditorium with Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Rafiqul Haque in the chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
District BNP President Mirza Faisal Amin and General Secretary Poygam Ali, government officials and other leaders and workers of local units of BNP and its associate bodies were present. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Sadar Upazila Office, allocations were distributed among small ethnic communities of the upazila as follows: Houses for 10 people: Tk 45,75,285, Bicycles for 49 people: Tk 5,76,485, Sewing machines for 33 people: Tk 3,88,231, Education stipends for 326 students: Tk 14,34,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 418 people received assistance amounting to Tk 69,74,001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today called upon the small ethnic groups to stay vocal always to realize their demands and rights. He made the call at a distribution ceremony of allocation letters for houses, sewing machines, bicycles, and education stipends among members of small ethnic communities here. These were distributed made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":35675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,93],"tags":[48],"class_list":["post-35674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangladesh","category-nationwide","tag-48"],"yoast_head":"\n