Undertake more projects for FFs
Muktijoddha Sangsad urges govt
Central Command Council of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad (BMS) yesterday expressed its gratitude to the incumbent government for taking 26 welfare projects to support freedom fighters financially and socially.
They also urged the government to approve more projects for freedom fighters, who fought in the liberation war of 1971.
Maj Gen (Rtd) Helal Morshed Khan, chairman of the command council, made the request at a press conference at the capital's Jatiya Press Club. BMS central command council organised the programme.
Addressing the programme, he said the incumbent government brought 1.5 lakh freedom fighters under monthly honorary allowance of Tk 2,000 to support their families.
A total of 7,838 families of martyred and injured freedom fighters were given special honorary allowance and rationing, citing this, Helal Morshed said the government has tried to repay the debt owed to the freedom fighters through these projects.
He also thanked the government for providing the freedom fighters with quality medical facilities and ensuring jobs for their children.
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