Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today gave five rickshaws to two July fighters and a 65-year-old man to help them become self-employed and support their livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A CNG-run auto-rickshaw was given to July fighter and student Mohammad Aziz Sheikh, two pedal rickshaws were given to July fighter Md Gaffar, and two battery-powered rickshaws were given to 65-year-old poor man Asadul Haque Bishu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Prime Minister handed over the gifts to the recipients at a programme at his office in Tejgaon this afternoon, said Prime Minister\u2019s Assistant Press Secretary Gazi Shahriar Pamir. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While presenting the gift, the premier spoke to each recipient cordially and inquired about their physical condition, families and livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mohammad Aziz Sheikh, a resident of Lohagara upazila in Narail and a second-year student of Social Work Department of Mirpur Bangla College, received the CNG-run auto-rickshaw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He drives a CNG auto-rickshaw to support his family while continuing his studies. He was shot at Mirpur-10 in the capital while participating in the July Mass Uprising and sustained 36 bullet fragments in his body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOf course, you must continue your studies,\u201d the Prime Minister told Aziz.
Md Gaffar, a resident of Alamdanga upazila in Kushtia, received two pedal rickshaws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the July Mass Uprising, he regularly supplied water to protesters in the Mohakhali area of the capital and transported injured people to hospitals in his rickshaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said he himself will ply one of the rickshaws in Dhaka and rent the other one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pamir said the Prime Minister also gave two battery-powered rickshaws to 65-year-old Asadul Haque Bishu, a resident of Gabtali upazila in Bogura, who was long been suffering for financial constrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Prime Minister personally inspected how the gifted vehicles would be operated and gave the recipients necessary instructions on safely taking those to their home, the Assistant Press Secretary said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BNP lawmaker Advocate Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, Prime Minister\u2019s Press Secretary AAM Saleh Shibly and Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman were present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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