<i>PM returns favour</i>
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handing over the documents of the house and the land she presented to Ramiza Khatun, wife of late rickshaw-puller Hasmat Ali, at her village of Kharua Barail in Gafargaon yesterday. Photo: PMO
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday handed over a house and the land to the poor wife of Hasmat Ali, a late rickshaw-puller, who showed a rare respect to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with his little hard-earned capital before his death in 2004. The 630 square feet concrete house was given to Ramiza Khatun at her village of Kharua Barail under Gafargaon, Mymensingh yesterday. Ramiza, in her 80s now, started begging to earn her keep following her husband Hasmat's death. Hasmat bought 6.45-decimal land in 2003 at his village for Sheikh Hasina as he thought of Hasina as an "orphan" after the tragic killings of her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and mother Fazilatunnesa Mujib on August 15, 1975. Hasina, to give back the favour of Hasmat, built the house named Hashmat Villa at a cost of Tk 9.46 lakh from prime minister's relief fund and gifted it to Ramiza. “I have no more expectation in my life,” said Ramiza while being hugged by Hasina yesterday.
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